Boston's Heroin Users Will Soon Get A Safer Place To Be High [NPR.org]
A Boston nonprofit plans to soon test a new way of addressing the city's heroin epidemic. The idea is simple. Along a stretch of road that has come to be called Boston's "Methadone Mile," the program will open a room in March with a nurse, some soft chairs and basic life-saving equipment — a place where heroin users can ride out their high, under medical supervision. Dr. Jessie Gaeta , chief medical officer at the Boston Health Care for the Homeless Program , which initiated the project,...