Hochul says no to funding overdose prevention centers with opioid settlement dollars

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Hochul says no to funding overdose prevention centers with opioid settlement dollars
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In the past, Hochul has refrained from explicitly denying her support for these types of programs, which are also known informally as safe injection sites.

that overdose prevention centers violate “various state and federal substance-related laws, including laws that make it illegal to use, open, or maintain property where any controlled substance is consumed.”

President Joe Biden's administration has since been in talks with Safehouse about a settlement this year, and the nonprofit previouslythat the federal government would release guidance allowing overdose prevention centers to operate across the country.

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