The state Department of Public Health is reiterating its support for supervised injection sites, saying they would help “prevent fatal overdoses” in the Bay State after a local board backed opening a facility.
This week the Worcester Board of Health approved a pilot overdose prevention program.
The Massachusetts Department of Public Health recently reported that supervised injecting sites could help reduce opioid overdoses, as well as deaths.
The Herald contacted the Department of Public Health in Massachusetts to ask about their position on an overdose-prevention center in Worcester after the Worcester vote. DPH in response said the opening of overdose prevention centers would provide communities “with an additional tool to prevent fatal overdoses.”
“DPH is committed to reducing overdose deaths and ensuring that individuals in the state have access to the harm reduction, treatment, and recovery services they need, when they need it,” a DPH spokesperson said in a statement on Wednesday.
“After a comprehensive review, DPH found that Overdose Prevention Centers are an…
