Why Somerville wants to host the first safe consumption site in the US This is not a pro-drug site, it’s an anti-death site. This Tuesday, May 6, 2008, file photo shows injection booths at a facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP, File)
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Though supervised consumption sites a safe, clean space where people can use illicit drugs are not explicitly legal, Somerville is forging ahead on the work to open one within city limits. To everyone involved, it comes down to one thing: saving lives.
For Somerville City Councilors Jesse Clingan and Matt McLaughlin, the fight is personal. Both are city natives and have childhood friends who have died from overdoses.
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