Warren, Sanders and de Blasio are the only 2020 presidential candidates who have voiced support for SIFs.
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Could The Nation's First Supervised Injection Sites Be Coming To Maine?
Maine’s bill would allow two facilities in the state and create a half-mile “tolerance zone” around each location, where individuals cannot be arrested for using drugs.
Surgeon General On Safe Injection Sites: There Are More Viable Options
“From a physician’s point of view, there’s no such thing as a safe injection site. You can still die,” Adams said at a recent conference. Surgeon General Jerome M. Adams has again expressed reservations about supervised injection sites, also known as safe injection facilities (SIFs), as a harm reduction strategy for fighting the opioid crisis.… Continue reading Surgeon General On Safe Injection Sites: There Are More Viable Options
Seattle Not Intimidated By Threats Against Supervised Injection Facilities
“We took note of what the DOJ wrote about this, but we believe strongly in a public health approach to substance abuse disorder,” Mayor Durkan said. The city of Seattle will move forward with plans to open a supervised injection facility (SIF), despite the possibility that the federal government will intervene, KUOW reports. Seattle Mayor… Continue reading Seattle Not Intimidated By Threats Against Supervised Injection Facilities