Sentences with phrase «as safe injection sites»

New York City could become the first city in the United States to adopt supervised injection facilities — also known as safe injection sites — in an effort to combat drug overdose deaths and the opioid epidemic.

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With little fanfare, Mayor de Blasio late yesterday afternoon gave a tentative green light to a plan for four facilities that would be known as «safe injection sites» — locations where heroin users could shoot up under the watch of medical professionals.

Groups such as VOCAL New York, SIF (Safe Injection Facilities) NYC and End Overdose New York — which have held many rallies calling for the sites to be implemented — have been leading the fight to bring the sites to the city.

The vaccine itself is safe as far as the major adverse vaccine risks, but is likely to cause pain at the injection site (L shoulder) and a day or two of mild malaise.

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He appeared as lead counsel in a number of significant constitutional cases including PHS v. Canada (the Insite safe - injection site appeal), the Polygamy Reference, the Election Act challenge, the Missing Women Commission of Inquiry, and the «Occupy Vancouver» courthouse - access case.