The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5

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The Fight for Safe Consumption Sites: San Francisco and the Overdose Crisis Part 5

As overdose fatalities reach two to three deaths a day in San Francisco, demands for supervised consumption sites are getting more urgent. But city leaders are increasingly reluctant. And health officials who once campaigned for them are now conspicuously silent. We investigate San Francisco’s long fight for safe consumption sites and what changed. And we visit an overdose prevention center in New York City that’s having a real impact on the neighborhood and people’s lives.