He is, however, the founder and face of the provocatively named Church of Safe Injection. Naloxone, safe injection sites, sterile syringes, the works.”But despite the evidence supporting them, needle exchanges remain controversial, especially in rural areas, where authorized exchanges are sparse. If the Church of Safe Injection seems like a ragtag operation with quixotic plans, the authorities aren’t taking it that way. Yet significant public conversations about safe injection have largely been isolated in a handful of municipalities. But unlike the Church of Safe Injection, that religion was founded in Brazil 45 years before the Supreme Court ruled in the group’s favor.

Source: Huffington Post January 01, 2019 13:18 UTC