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Gavin Newsom Unwisely Favors Safe Injection Sites

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Safe Injection Sites are Bad for California

Commentary by Roger Morgan

California AB186, which attempted to legalize safe injection drug sites, was fortunately vetoed by Governor Brown.  In so doing he proclaimed “…..enabling illegal and destructive drug use will never work. The disadvantages of this bill far outweigh the possible benefits.”  Based on actual experience at similar sites in Canada, one can easily agree. While the stated intent of the bill was to reduce overdose deaths, experience in Toronto showed a 63% increase (303 deaths) from 2016 to 2017. In all of Ontario, there were 1,265 overdose deaths in 2017. Continue reading Gavin Newsom Unwisely Favors Safe Injection Sites