There is water and coffee in the back so feel free to partake. The restrooms at the end of the hall. If you leave the building you can come back in but you will have to go through security. Those of you who will be participating in the conversation, you have microphones in front of you. You do need to turn them on when you are about to talk. I think theres a button that says talk. Turn it on, the red light will come on which will tell you the microphone is active. Were not speaking, please turn it off. We would appreciate that and you probably prefer we dont hear any private conversations as well. Those were speaking, we appreciate you being here. We ask that you keep your arm remarks to about ten minutes but i will be sitting with the secretary and try not to be obnoxious but i may waive or give you an indication if youre getting close to the ten minutes and asked that you wrap up quickly when that happens. We are looking forward to a great conversation talking about innovation in k12
With sterile needles, only steps from medical personnel trained to treat overdosed. In philly the socalled comprehensive User Engagement sites will go a step further attempting to connect to recovery. Officials believe the sites will save lives and reduce the neighborhood problems associated with the drug trade. Even the Police Commissioner admits he doesnt yet know how his officers will police the spaces. I went from being against it to having an open mind. Reporter officials still have to decide where the sites will be located and who will run them. As of now, even the cost is uncertain. If anybody can make this work, this city can. There are also a lot of legal questions as well. The Trump Administration declared the Opioid Epidemic a health emergency, but has not endorsed safe sites. The attorney general indicated these sites would be illegal under the current law as it is written. You mentioned that safe injection suit set up in toronto. If that had any measurable impact. Its abou
Member of the Roosevelt Library and become a member of the information table just outside the door. At this time i would like to ask you to turn off your cell phones and thank cspan for covering this today and quickly go over the format for this session. We will start with our speaker in just a moment. Then i will follow that up if you have questions make your way over to the microphone so we are able to pick up the question in the author will move down the hall to the table outside of our new deals bookstore where you can purchase the book and have the author signed them. 2012 is an adjunct member of the Arizona State university and his fields of study include Public Policy, political history, latin america, u. S. mexico border land and sanford, arizona, i want to introduce patrick lukens. [applause] thank you. I want to thank bob clark and the rest of the staff and the president ial library to be one of todays presenters. And preparing this presentation and Headline News over the pas