'Now we're going back to San Francisco with a whole army of advocates who have seen proof that these sites not only save lives but they improve neighborhood conditions,' Supervisor Ronen said after touring the country's first sanctioned safe consumption sites in NYC.
More than a dozen San Francisco leaders visited New York City to get a look at the country's first sanctioned safe consumption sites.In San Francisco's ongoing battle against the drug overdose crisis, more than a dozen local leaders are in New York City to get a look at the country's first sanctioned safe consumption sites.
Since opening sites in Harlem and Washington Heights nearly a year and a half ago, the nonprofit's staff has overseen more than 55,000 drug injections or inhalations and reversed more than 700 overdoses. It has also connected more than 2,200 people to treatment.
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