Seattle Wants to Create ‘Safe Spaces’ for People to Take Illegal Drugs

College kids offended by Halloween costumes get their own “safe spaces,” and so do students who can’t stand the thought of having classmates who are Trump supporters.

Now, illegal drug users may be getting safe spaces, too.

In King County in Washington State, one person dies every day from a heroin overdose, according to county’s Board of Health. The plan is to end that grim string of fatalities by making it as easy as possible for people to take illegal drugs. The board voted 12-0 in favor of the sites, but the county and Seattle city officials are the ones who have to put pen to paper to actually make it happen.

In what would be the first of its kind in the U.S., the county wants to create two “safe injection sites.” Dubbed “Community Health Engagement Locations,” or CHEL, theses sites are designed to let drug users take the drugs under the supervision of medical professionals, with no judgment or limitation. A 2011 study labeled the Lancet study shows that these sites are effective.

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