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| Mayor wants to open supervised injection facility for heroin in NY city |
| 2016-02-25 |
Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick unveiled his controversial proposal to open a supervised injection facility during an interview with The Associated Press released Monday. The facility would provide a space for users to inject pre-purchased drugs with clean needles under the watchful eye of healthcare professionals who could, in theory, keep them safe and direct them to addiction services. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #5 #3 Maybe it's difficult for local authorities to know what to do if they have a crisis on their hands and they are at their wits end their "wits end" was a very short drive |
| Posted by: Frank G 2016-02-25 16:59 |
| #4 You can't stop people from doing stupid things to their own bodies. Enabling doesn't seem smart. Spiking the (illegal) supply with a drug that makes you feel ill might help. |
| Posted by: Sven the pelter 2016-02-25 16:43 |
| #3 Maybe it's difficult for local authorities to know what to do if they have a crisis on their hands and they are at their wits end. At the national level, securing the border would be a good place to start. |
| Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 2016-02-25 16:30 |
| #2 No ethical "medical professional" will be associated with this. And people like me will challenge any who do. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2016-02-25 15:39 |
| #1 We as a nation have simply gotten stupid. |
| Posted by: Fred 2016-02-25 15:27 |