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    Press Play with Madeleine Brand

    Justice Dept. blocks what would have been the first safe injection site in the U.S.

    The Justice Department moved to block a group in Philadelphia from opening a center where people who inject drugs like heroin or fentanyl could do so under medical supervision -- known as a safe injection site.

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    By Madeleine Brand • Feb 11, 2019 • 1 min read

    The Justice Department moved to block a group in Philadelphia from opening a center where people who inject drugs like heroin or fentanyl could do so under medical supervision -- known as a safe injection site. Also, the Supreme Court put on hold a Louisiana law that requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at local hospitals. Chief Justice John Roberts sided with the court’s four liberal justices to put the law on hold for now.

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    3 of 5
    Press Play’s alternative list of Grammy winners
    1. 0:00Does 2020 presidential hopeful Sen. Amy Klobuchar have a temper? Does it matter?
    2. 9:06Democrats confront the politics of supporting and criticizing Israel
    3. 17:42Justice Dept. blocks what would have been the first safe injection site in the U.S.You’re reading this
    4. 25:51Who should have won at the Grammys?
    5. 37:29Why do some California coyotes suddenly have blue eyes?
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