supervised injection site

American  

[soo-per-vahyzd in-jek-shuhn sahyt] / ˈsu pərˌvaɪzd ɪnˈdʒɛk ʃən ˌsaɪt /

noun

1. a medically supervised facility at which people can inject illicit drugs they have brought with them, a practice intended to reduce overdoses, disease transmission, and other health problems associated with illicit drug use. SIS

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Etymology

Origin of supervised injection site

First recorded in 2000–05

Example Sentences

Other bills will also test him, like the proposal to strictly regulate the fast food industry, but none may prove to be as difficult a political decision as the supervised injection site proposal.

From New York Times

That sentiment played out Tuesday afternoon in East Harlem, where the supervised injection site is across the street from the Graham School, an early-childhood program run by the Association to Benefit Children.

From New York Times

At a Tuesday afternoon press conference, she noted that the city had received warnings from the Trump administration not to open a supervised injection site and was working with Public Health to see what services could be provided for drug-user health.

From Seattle Times

A Philadelphia not-for-profit group has detailed plans to open what would be the US’s first medically supervised injection site designed to combat drug overdose deaths, despite opposition from some neighbors and opposition from the local federal prosecutor.

From The Guardian

A Philadelphia nonprofit group said it will open a supervised injection site next week to combat opioid deaths after a federal judge rejected Justice Department efforts to block the plan.

From Seattle Times