A bill to allow San Francisco drug users to inject themselves with intravenous drugs under clinical supervision has stalled for the year
Seth Carus mixes fentanyl with water in “cooker” equipment often distributed at needle exchange sites.
Assembly Bill 362, by Assemblywoman Susan Eggman and Sen. Scott Wiener , would have created a six-year safe injection site pilot program in San Francisco amid a national push for innovative methods to counter an overdose epidemic. So-called safe injection sites, which are operated in Canada, Switzerland and eight other countries, allow drug users to inject themselves under supervision while offering treatment and connecting users with social services such as housing.
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