San Francisco plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city. Such sites would allow individuals to use heavy drugs like heroin, methamphetamine and fentanyl in a safe and supervised environment.
plans to try to thread a legislative needle to allow the opening of safe injection sites in the city.and Supervisor Hillary Ronen announced Wednesday the expected introduction of a bill next week that, if enacted by the Board of Supervisors, would remove one hurdle to the opening of "Overdose Prevention Sites" in the city.
In order to obtain a permit under the 2020 ordinance, an operator would need to offer a hygienic space, supervision by health care professionals, sterile consumption supplies, education about overdose prevention, and access or referrals to "substance use disorder treatment services, medical services, mental health services, and social services."
The veto essentially froze San Francisco in its tracks because the program was contingent on state authorization.According to preliminary data from the city's Medical Examiner's Office supplied by the mayor, San Francisco had 725 drug overdose deaths in 2020, 640 in the 2021, and 620 in 2022. In Philadelphia, a non-profit organization named Safehouse announced plans to operate a supervised injection site with the support of the city government.
In October 2019, a federal judge in Philadelphia ruled against the prosecutors on the theory that Safehouse had shown that its overall purpose was "to reduce drug use, not facilitate it." In the meantime, he said, some local non-profit organizations want to follow the New York approach and open a safe injection site or sites with on private land with private funding. SF supervisors push for safe consumption sites, mayor says there are legal obstacles
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