The woman stands close to a mirror fingering her throat. Then, sweeping back a mane of red hair, she injects heroin into her jugular vein. A nurse keeps an eye on her from behind. The scene unfolds in North America's first and only legal injection site, now facing a court challenge from the Canadian federal government.
May 13, 2011 at 12:00 AM
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The original version of this story was published on Law.Com
The woman stands close to a mirror fingering her throat. Then, sweeping back a mane of red hair, she injects heroin into her jugular vein. A nurse keeps an eye on her from behind.
The scene unfolds in North America’s first and only legal injection site, promoted by its founders as a safe, humane facility for drug abusers, now facing a court challenge from a government that sees it as a facilitator of drug abuse.
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