San Francisco officials have been hesitating to set up safe consumption sites, citing legal concerns. So, a local nonprofit is filling in those shoes until more can be done.
In San Francisco, a group of local nonprofit workers is going rogue on Overdose Awareness Day by opening a pop-up safe injection site.In San Francisco, a group of local nonprofit workers went rogue on Overdose Awareness Day by opening a pop-up safe injection site.
"What we're doing today is showing how simple it can be to save lives," said Lydia Bransten, the executive director of a local nonprofit working with people on the streets. She's one of a handful of activists who took the day off of work to set up the temporary site. "We just want to show this isn't scary. This isn't nefarious. We're doing this out in the open," said Supervisor Hilary Ronen, who was part of a contingent of local leaders who visited New York City earlier this year to learn about the sites, in hopes of bringing them to San Francisco."It's just watching people to make sure they don't die. That's all it is," Ronen said.
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