(The Center Square) – A non-profit pitched the idea of an overdose prevention site to the city of Denver city council, which is a place where addicts can use illegal
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Facilities provide drug users with sterile injecting equipment, thus reducing risk posed by discarded needles and anti-social behaviour, Cork City Council was told
effort with your team on news now and tommy s team. new york city has become the first city in the nation this is quite historic to have sanctioned supervised injection facilities. they call them overdose prevention centers in new york city. but around the world these have existed for decades in other countries. the reality is people can go inside and use drugs like h.e.r. win and fentanyl under the supervision of professionals who can reverse an overdose if they die. the context, obviously, we have talked about it quite a bit over many years. this past year, 2020, was the deadliest year in american history for overdose. so, we got to go inside. they allowed us inside the facility. and what i saw was actually i think will be unbelievable to a lot of people. i spoke to a man who said he was a u.s. marine corp. veteran who used heroine yesterday in new
the key thing to do is ask why are people dying. heroin use is levelling off but deaths are rising. why is that? people are mixing heroin or opioids with depressants. how do we get at that issue and discourage people fromizing these drugs. what do you do when people overdose? we should go further and explore supervised injection facilities, where people can take the drugs. they bring their own drugs, but take them under medical supervision, so if something goes wrong, they can be saved in