“Just as local governments had to lead during the HIV epidemic, cities like ours will be on the forefront of saving lives in the opioid crisis,” said James Garrow, a spokesman for Philadelphia’s Department of Public Health. Justice Department officials last week promised "swift and aggressive" action against any city that set up such a site. In other news on the crisis: California's proposed prescription drug take-back law, the opioid package in the Senate, Rudy Giuliani's connection to Florida's investigation into OxyContin marketing, and kratom.