Federal judge rules against Philadelphia supervised drug consumption effort
A federal judge this week dealt a major and likely decisive blow to Safehouse, a Philadelphia nonprofit seeking to open a facility for supervised drug consumption.
In a ruling on Wednesday, U.S. District Court Judge Gerald McHugh dismissed the nonprofit’s lawsuit, concluding that Safehouse was not a religious entity and therefore could not claim exemptions to drug laws under the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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