Governor Maura Healey’s DPH now supports the idea of creating sites where people can take illegal drugs under medical supervision. While no panacea, they’re worth trying as a way to reduce overdose ...

Has the time finally arrived to challenge prevailing federal law in an effort to save addicts’ lives? Among the priorities of a major Massachusetts physicians group this legislative session includes ...

A recent study about what happened when an injection site in Red Deer, Alberta, shut down has opened a highly contentious new chapter in the ongoing debate over supervised consumption sites. The study ...

Myra Smith walked into the Wilson Library Branch with her mind made up about supervised substance use centers: “It is NOT coming to the Hill. It’s not.” She left with more openness to the concept as a ...