The Boston City Council struck down a resolution opposing safe injection sites, with proponents rejecting notions that legalizing such centers would incentivize addicts to shoot up and saying that they would help to prevent fatal drug overdoses.

The left-leaning City Council voted 8-3 Wednesday to oppose a resolution put forward by three moderate councilors, Ed Flynn, Erin Murphy and John FitzGerald, who were asking the body to come out in opposition to state legislation, debated last week on Beacon Hill, that would provide a pathway for cities and towns to establish safe injection sites.

“It is unconscionable that just weeks after we held a hearing in the South End, where nearly 200 neighbors and small businesses shared their lived experiences near Mass and Cass — public drug dealing, p

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