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The needle program receives about 1 million needles each year from drug users

The film actor and activist shined a light on the opioid epidemic while hosting the ART HOUSE Gala honoring Nan Goldin Wednesday

The Police commissioner was speaking at an event titled 'Drug Usage in Youth' as part of the 'Ente Keralam- Mega Exhibition' organised by the State Government.

Kochi City Police Commissioner K Sethuraman said that the investigation will be intensified against the activities of the drug mafia in cities including Kochi.

Suburban arrived at the kennels, how long did it take for that 911 call to be made. >> less than 20 seconds. >> less than 20 seconds, so the prosecution has also presented new cell phone data today. it shows evidence of tampering of some of the phones including alec or someone removal data from his own cell phone, including calls and texts to maggie. >> when you say removing, deleting or something smells? >> its not on the call logs but in the cell phone extraction data. the prosecution showed n...

Health because people dont want to die. people dont want to be sick. contrary to what everybody says, people who use drugs are human beings, and they want the same thing every other human being wants. >> giving them a chance to use safely has a long history of controversy. is it saving lives or enabling even more drug usage? in the 80s and 90s, it was a debate about usage or consumption sites or safe places to use like this bathroom in new york. and lately its about fentanyl test strips. researc...

Controversy. is it saving lives or enabling even more drug usage? in the 1980s and 90s, it was about needle usage. now it is about safe spaces to use. like this bathroom in new york. and lately its about fentanyl test strips. researchers will tell you that the evidence shows harm reduction works. >> the question that will always come up, does this actually save lives? does this prevent deaths? do we know that? >> we dont know that yet. but what we are seeing is that people are using more safely....

Can rescue someone from an overdose. as you are watching, in this extraordinary video. even better, though, preventing the overdose in the first place. >> its just a little test strip. theyre really easy to use them. >> why are people testing them? >> drug users care about their health because people dont want to die. because people dont want to be sick. contrary to what everyone says, people that use drugs are human beings. and they want the same thing that every other human being wants. >> rep...

Dont criminalize people that need our help and our care -- >> laura: if they are committing crimes, they have to -- >> it doesnt fix anything, because the reason -- >> laura: charlie -- >> its even worse than that. san francisco is distributing syringes to drug addicts on the streets. thats not criminalizing, that is subsidizing drug usage. and you can see it firsthand. ethan, look, you are very smart and i have respect for you. there is no way you are part of the democratic rulers of san franci...

Broken windows theory here because prop 47 is not the issue. dont criminalize people that need our help and our care.we at now in our state. >> laura: if they are committing crimes, they haveto . >> it doesnt fix anything because the reason -- >> laura: charlie -- >> ethan, its even worse than that. san francisco is distributing syringes to drug addicts on the streets.hundreds of thousands og accessoryy tools. thats not criminalizing, that is subsidizing drug usage. and you can see it firsthand....