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Supervisor Haney introduces ordinance to permit overdose prevention sites in San Francisco
Summary
Supervisor Haney and Mayor—reed-backed legislation would create a permitting process for nonprofit-run overdose prevention sites; Haney said evidence from abroad shows sites save lives and can connect people to treatment.
Supervisor Haney on March 3 introduced legislation with Mayor London Breed to establish a city permitting process for nonprofit providers to operate an overdose prevention program, also described in the legislation as a safe injection or safe consumption site.
"The permitting process that we've created with this legislation is the necessary next step in combating the opioid crisis," Supervisor Haney said, telling the Board that overdose deaths rose from "259 in 2018 to over 330 overdose deaths in 2019," a figure she described as "nearly 1 person a day." Haney said overdose prevention sites "can save lives, get people into treatment, and…
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