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Reducing Harm or Enabling Substance Abuse? Supervised Injection Sites Under Federal Drug Law
Congressional Research Service · 2019-11-22 · Posts · 2,402 words · PDF available
To mitigate the effects of the opioid crisis in Philadelphia, in 2018 a nonprofit called Safehouse announced plans to open a supervised injection site where illicit drug users could consume opioids un...
Firearms-Related Appropriations Riders
Congressional Research Service · 2019-11-22 · Resources · 1,700 words · PDF available
Congress’s spending power gives it substantial control over the activities of executive branch agencies. For instance, through appropriations riders, Congress can direct agencies to engage, or to refr...