Why Somerville wants to host the first safe consumption site in the US "This is not a pro-drug site, it’s an anti-death site." This Tuesday, May 6, 2008, file photo shows injection booths at a facility in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. (Jonathan Hayward/The Canadian Press via AP, File) Email Though supervised consumption sites — a safe, clean space where people can use illicit drugs — are not explicitly legal, Somerville is forging ahead on the work to open one within city limits. To everyone involved, it comes down to one thing: saving lives. For Somerville City Councilors Jesse Clingan and Matt McLaughlin, the fight is personal. Both are city natives and have childhood friends who have died from overdoses.