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Richard Chenery draws heroin he bought on the street into a syringe at the Insite safe injection clinic in Vancouver, B.C., on Wednesday May 11, 2011. Insite, North America's first and only legal injection site, promoted by its founders as a safe, humane facility for drug abusers, is now facing a court challenge from the Conservative government that sees it as a facilitator of drug abuse. The case opens before the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa on Thursday, May 12, 2011 and has drawn international attention.

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Report Reveals Underground US Haven For Heroin, Drug Users

Mike Stobbe, Associated Press

Posted on August 8, 2017 · Some say the new report could have an impact on efforts to establish safe injection sites around the U.S.

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