toward that person that communicates that it has on tv for decades. carley: doctor oz has a lot of money. part of his campaign is self-funded. he has a leg up there but you are right. i also think because he s a doctor and covid is still on the minds of so many people it will be interesting to hear what he has to say about vaccine mandates. if he is a conservative conservatives don t think there should be vaccine mandates. he is a strong supporter of small government making decisions local so more to come on that front. carley: more on this to lead. heather: supervised injection sites for illegal drugs? who thinks that is a good idea. bayer bill deblasio says the sites will reduce harm. carley: deblasio making a mess of the city, she joins us live with joe concha, sean duffy, waking up early.
The opioid crisis has plagued the nation for years, and the pandemic only made the situation worse. Advocates hope New York City's new supervised injection sites will help.
There were more than 2,060 overdoses in New York City during 2020. The CDC estimated the U.S. had more than 93,000 overdoses last year, up 30 percent from 2019.
SB 57 would allow local governments in San Francisco, Oakland and Los Angeles to establish pilot programs for overdose prevention with supervised injection sites.
SHARES A safe supply of free drugs is given out during an event organized by Drug User Liberation Front in Vancouver on Wednesday.
Photo by Maggie MacPherson.
Illicit drugs are usually bought in the shadows, and then often consumed alone. But as Canada’s black market drug supply has become increasingly tainted with unstable mixes of fentanyl and benzodiazepines, both are increasingly deadly activities.
Activists gathered Wednesday in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside neighbourhood to show how bringing drug use into the light could help save lives.
The protest came as British Columbia entered its fifth year of a public health emergency because of rising deaths due to poisoned drugs. The group, the Drug User Liberation Front, staged a similar event last year.