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    Extraordinary times require novel thinking," Philadelphia's health commissioner, Dr. Thomas Farley, told NBC News. "This is a public health crisis truly of historic proportions."
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    Overdose deaths in Philadelphia are estimated reached 1980s
    City officials characterized the Tuesday announcement as an effort to solicit proposals from private groups interested in opening safe injection sites, which it refers to as Comprehensive User Engagement Sites (CUES). It would likely take months before any such site actually opened, they noted.

    The initiative is the product of a task force assembled in January last year by Philadelphia Mayor Jim Kenney to combat the opioid epidemic. The task force issued a report in May with 18 recommendations, one of which was to explore safe injection sites on a pilot basis.

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