"As Mayor Bill de Blasio has come out in support of supervised injection centers in New York, his stance has been shaped by Caanada. The country has been a pioneer; its first supervised injection facility, where heroin can be used under supervision, opened in Vancouver in 2003. A decade of political and legal wrangling followed, culminating with the Canadian Supreme Court ruling in favor of the approach in 2011."
Canada pioneered these supervised injection centers, they seem to support a mantra of "Don't do it alone." New York and San Francisco are currently trying to launch these sites as early as this summer. In an era where we are facing this massive surge of deaths from opioids, do you think this approach could help? I have questioned the legality of this before, but do you think federal authorities in the U.S. would step in to interfere with these sites?
I think this is a good approach to the drug crisis, because it gives addicts a safe space to go and use. Where they can be monitored, in case of an overdose. It also allows for them to be offered help, and could eventually lead to them seeking help.
ReplyDelete