The New York City health department will move forward with a pilot program to open two supervised injection sites with the intention of reducing deaths from drug overdoses, Mayor Bill de Blasio announced this week.
”We have a new administration in Washington, a new administration in Albany. It was the right time to do something on this topic while we … finally have the kind of potential cooperation we needed,” the mayor said at a virtual press conference, according to the New York Post.
”It’s to save lives, stop people from overdosing who could be saved, and of course in every way help them towards treatment and support,” de Blasio added, referring to the ”overdose prevention centers.”
He went on to say that ”there are some real issues to work through [involving the injection sites], particularly with the state and federal government,” and added that ”it’s an idea whose time has come. So, we’re not ready to make any specific announcements yet, but it is something we continue to work on energetically. We don’t have the final, specific plan, but I’m very hopeful on this.”
The city plans to obtain a ”buy-in” from members of the City Council and district attorneys so the sites can be placed ”where the need is greatest.
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“Supervised injection sites?” Who is going to be the mashgiach temidi? And which organization will supply the mashgiach? There has to be supervision that will be trusted by everyone. Or, there will have to be multiple mashgichim to satisfy all sectors.
Idiotic. It takes away the fear of death from overdose and encourages use. Take it from someone who works in the addiction field and have known many who have died from heroin and fentanyl overdoses.
Encourage treatment, dont give in to this “harm reduction model”. Harm reduction doesnt solve anything…