The City is one step closer to having the green light to continue operating safe injection sites amid a tragic overdose epidemic. “This bill has the potential to change how we respond to overdoses and reduce the number of deaths we are seeing.'
SB 57, a bill that would legalize safe consumption sites in just a handful of California cities including San Francisco, passed the State Assembly on Thursday and likely will soon head to Governor Gavin Newsom’s desk for signature.
But the Tenderloin Center has already been told it must close its doors in December. Mayor London Breed has not stated whether she will support reopening another safe consumption site, and no explicit funding for overdose prevention programs is included in The City's upcoming budget.
“Every overdose death is preventable,” said bill author Senator Wiener, . “We have the tools to end these deaths, get people healthy, and reduce harm for people who use drugs. Right now, we are letting people die on our streets for no reason other than an arbitrary legal prohibition that we need to remove.
Fentanyl, a synthetic opioid that is 50 times stronger than heroin, has become the leading substance associated with overdose deaths in San Francisco and other cities impacted by the same crisis.
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