Nothing so far as legalizing heroin is being considered in the US, but Philadelphia is considering becoming the first US city to offer supervised injection site

Nothing so far as legalizing heroin is being considered in the US, but Philadelphia is considering becoming the first US city to offer supervised injection sites [1] as a method of harm reduction, but there's a lot of understandable resistance to the idea. Portugal has taken steps towards decriminalizing drug use and treating it as a health matter, and has had success so far [2] [1] https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/10/576757086/desperate-cities-consider-safe-injection-sites-for-opioid-users https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2018/01/10/5767570... [2] https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/DPA_Fact_Sheet_Portugal_Decriminalization_Feb2015.pdf https://www.drugpolicy.org/sites/default/files/DPA_Fact_Shee...