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The proposal was shot down by a federal appeals court in Pennsylvania under the Trump administration, citing a 1986 “crackhouse statute” which made it illegal to knowingly rent or lease property to be used for manufacturing or distributing controlled substances.

Currently the sites are illegal, under what is known as the “crackhouse statute,” which was championed by President Biden when he was a senator battling the last drug epidemic.

Department of Justice has for nearly a year kicked the can on saying if it believes safe consumption sites are banned under the crackhouse statute.

Organizers of the Safehouse project say federal “crackhouse” laws enacted are not intended to criminalize medically supervised centers.

The amicus brief filed Friday, signed by dozens of current and former prosecutors and law enforcement officials across the country, said Congress never intended the crackhouse statute to encompass harm reduction efforts offered by medical personnel.