A Colorado bill to allow “safe injection sites” — where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff who can reverse an overdose — was killed in committee.
DENVER — A Colorado bill to allow “safe injection sites” — where people can use illicit drugs under the supervision of trained staff who can reverse an overdose — was killed in committee Wednesday evening by Democrats concerned with enabling addiction and a lack of proper guardrails.
The policy is an about-face from federal government’s long-waged war on drugs, and detractors said the centers would merely endorse and promote the use of illegal drugs and would be a magnet for ancillary crimes. Similarly, Democratic Sen. Joann Ginal said she wasn’t convinced by the available evidence, before reading testimony from one of her constituents — a former drug user — who compared the bill to giving a kid who was overweight a jar of cookies.
Colorado Gov. Jared Polis had voiced skepticism over the proposal, and California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a similar bill last year.
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