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Safe injection sites to fight opioid overdose deaths get green light from Philadelphia officials

City officials described the sites as a "harm-reduction measure," one part of a larger plan to address a crisis that has now claimed lives at a faster rate than at the height of the AIDS epidemic. The concept is simple: save lives first, then help people in addiction into get into drug treatment and safe housing.

Robert Hilton holds on to a needle after using heroin along the railroad track in Kensington in 2017.
Robert Hilton holds on to a needle after using heroin along the railroad track in Kensington in 2017.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI