<p>A federal judge recently ruled that opening a place where people could use illegal drugs under the watch of doctors and nurses <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/crackhouse-statute-argument-against-supervised-injection-site-shot-down-by-judge/">does not violate federal law</a>. WHYY health reporter Nina Feldman explains why that <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/kensington-neighbors-dismayed-by-ruling-on-supervised-injection-site/">controversial decision</a> could pave the way for the nation’s first supervised injection site.</p>

A federal judge recently ruled that opening a place where people could use illegal drugs under the watch of doctors and nurses does not violate federal law. WHYY health reporter Nina Feldman explains why that controversial decision could pave the way for the nation’s first supervised injection site.

<p>A federal judge recently ruled that opening a place where people could use illegal drugs under the watch of doctors and nurses <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/crackhouse-statute-argument-against-supervised-injection-site-shot-down-by-judge/" rel="noopener noreferrer">does not violate federal law</a>. WHYY health reporter Nina Feldman explains why that <a href="https://whyy.org/articles/kensington-neighbors-dismayed-by-ruling-on-supervised-injection-site/" rel="noopener noreferrer">controversial decision</a> could&nbsp;pave the way for the nation’s first supervised injection site.</p>

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