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Do Safe Injection Sites Have A Future In California After Newsom Veto?

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🗓️ 23 August 2022

⏱️ 57 minutes

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California Governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill on Monday that would have allowed San Francisco, Oakland, and Los Angeles to test out supervised drug use centers. New York City is home to two such centers that are operated and funded by nonprofits. Advocates say those centers have saved dozens of lives of people who otherwise may have overdosed on city streets while critics say they encourage drug addiction. We’ll discuss whether advocates will keep pushing for safe injection sites in California and how effectively those centers have functioned in other places. Guests: Marisa Lagos, politics correspondent, KQED; co-host, KQED's Political Breakdown show Heather Knight, columnist, San Francisco Chronicle Caroline Lewis, health reporter, WNYC/New York Public Radio Stephanie Nolen, global health reporter, New York Times Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Music from KQED. From KQED. From KQED. California governor Gavin Newsom vetoed a bill yesterday that would have allowed facilities for people to do illicit drugs, so-called

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safe consumption sites. New York City is home to two such centers run by nonprofits. Advocates say

1:39.9

those sites have saved hundreds of people who otherwise may have overdosed on city streets.

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While critics say, they encourage drug use and addiction.

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We'll discuss whether advocates will keep pushing for safe injection sites in California,

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how well those centers have worked in other places and the politics of Newsom's veto.

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That's all coming up after this news.

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Welcome to Forum. I'm Leslie McClurg in today for Alexis Madrigal. For many in San Francisco,

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the site of someone's smoking crack or shooting meth on the sidewalk is all too common. In 2020,

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nearly 9,000 people died from a drug overdose in California. One solution on the table is to offer people a place to use drug safely. But these safe consumption sites are very controversial.

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