The goal of these programs, supporters said, is to provide drug users a safe, hygienic space where they can get clean needles and administer their own drugs under the supervision of trained staff.
Staff members would monitor users and be ready to administer overdose reversal medications if needed, which could ultimately save lives. Medical groups in support of these programs have pointed out injection sites could alsoWorsening drug consumption challenges in these areas is not a risk we can take.Sen. Scott Wiener, the San Francisco Democrat who authored the bill, called Newsom’s veto tragic.
“By rejecting a proven and extensively studied strategy to save lives and get people into treatment, this veto sends a powerful negative message that California is not committed to harm reduction,” Wiener said in a statement. “For eight years, a broad coalition has worked to pass this life-saving legislation. Each year this legislation is delayed, more people die of drug overdoses, he added.“We are outraged and frustrated by the political move Governor Newsom has made in vetoing SB 57,” Tyler TerMeer, CEO of the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, said in a statement. “Governor Newsom is turning his back on his constituents and on the overdose crisis affecting every corner of our state and our nation.
San Francisco has been considering this idea for almost a decade, and had the bill passed, it would likely have been the first ready to launch a program in early 2023, said Jeannette Zanipatin, state director at the Drug Policy Alliance.
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