EPISODE · May 27, 2022 · 20 MIN
A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site
from Headlines From The Times · host Kasia Broussalian, Mark Nieto, Carlos De Loera, Kinsee Morlan, Mario Diaz, Gustavo Arellano, Anita Chabria, Denise Guerra, Shani O. Hilton, Mike Heflin, David Toledo, Jazmín Aguilera, Shannon Lin, Ashlea Brown, Angel Carreras, Madalyn Amato
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
What this episode covers
As California debates whether to allow safe injection sites, we go to Canada to see one that's been around for nearly 20 years.
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A visit to Vancouver's safe injection site
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