The High Price of Compassion: A Look at New York City's Supervised Drug Use Sites A small clinic in Harlem stands as an enigmatic beacon, embodying the contradictions of modern urban policy.
Inside its colorful facade, people are allowed to use hard drugs under medical supervision, a concept that aims to reduce overdose deaths and the chaos surrounding street level heroin trade.
Critics argue that these supervised injection sites (SIS) become magnets for addicts and dealers, transforming once peaceful neighborhoods into law enforcement headaches.