A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site

Overdose deaths in the United States have risen rapidly during the pandemic. It’s a trend driven largely by the spread of fentanyl.In California, the push to save lives and stop the fallout has led some activists and politicians to propose safe injection sites — places where people can take drugs with clean needles, without fear of arrest. There’s already one site like this operating in San Francisco.But in Vancouver, Canada, there’s a neighborhood that has hosted a safe injection site for almost 20 years. In today’s episode, we go visit it.Read the full transcript here.Host: Gustavo ArellanoGuest: L.A. Times columnist Anita ChabriaMore reading:Column: Vancouver’s safe drug-use sites are wrenching to see. California should open them anywayIn a bid to stop overdose deaths, California could allow drug use at supervised sitesWith overdose deaths rising, here’s how to test drugs for fentanyl