The film, by ABC7 News reporter Tara Campbell, is a deep dive into North America's first safe injection site in Vancouver, Canada.
A place for people to use drugs under the supervision of a medically-trained professional, who can help in case of an overdose.
"The idea behind 'Injecting Hope' was to go up to Vancouver and really give people an on-the-ground look at how safe consumption sites work -- the impact they're having on neighborhoods and drug users," Campbell said. Although illegal under federal law, California lawmakers passed a bill last year that would have allowed three similar sites in the cities of San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles."The loss of life San Francisco has experienced over the last three years, it's twice as deadly as COVID. It surpasses anything our city has seen since the AIDS crisis," said San Francisco Supervisor Matt Dorsey.
"Abstinance-based programs are only going to work with people who are alive. And there is a continuum of approaches that we need to have," he said.
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