Safe Drug Consumption Sites

The Department of Justice (DOJ) is requesting more time from federal court in relation to a lawsuit on the legality of safe drug consumption sites, reported Marijuana Moment. The non-profit Safehouse filed a complaint asking the court to protect its proposed consumption center...

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) vetoed a bill on Monday to authorize safe consumption sites for illicit drugs as part of a pilot program. The move came several weeks after the California Senate approved the measure, which was authored by State Sen. Scott Wiener (D)...

The opioid crisis in the U.S. has reached unprecedented, and shocking, numbers – 100,000 overdose deaths over the last 12 months – causing federal health officials to consider alternative approaches to deal with the disastrous health crisis. To that end, ...