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And it will not -- would he want his daughter in one of these places? we know this won't get anyone off of drugs, it will get them into some big government program which will extend them on drugs. we can have an honest discussion about what we should do about the situation but it just simply will not work and we all know it. >> emily: right. in a city were homicides and gun violence and everything has absolutely skyrocketed why in the outgoing few weeks as the mayor focusing on something like this? >> i can't speak to what the mayor is doing but i can tell you there's a culture of lawlessness ...

Can rescue someone from an overdose. as you are watching, in this extraordinary video. even better, though, preventing the overdose in the first place. >> it's just a little test strip. they're really easy to use them. >> why are people testing them? >> drug users care about their health because people don't want to die. because people don't 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. >> reporter: giving users a chance to use safely has a long history of controversy. is it saving lives...

All while drug overdose deaths are soaring within the city. joining me now, kathy konig store, co-funder of the store foundation and joe borelli, new york city councilman. good morning to you you both. >> good morning. carley: the new york post has a write-up on this topic and they say new york city's war on drugs is over, the junkies won. tell us about the new law that governor hochul just signed. >> it's the pinnacle of what could be called the harm reduction model of dealing with people using dangerous drugs on our streets. this is the model of governing which aloys needle -- allows needle ...

Wednesday, 7 July 2021, 12:36 pm The New Zealand Drug Foundation is calling for a ‘public interest’ exemption to be added to the country’s drug laws to enable quicker and easier establishment of future harm reduction initiatives that could save lives.  The Foundation’s Executive Director, Sarah Helm, made the call today during a submission in support of the Drug and Substance Checking Bill - new legislation that will permanently legalise drug checking. “The Drug Foundation supports this world-first legislation,” says Helm. “While drug checking has been happening in other parts...

Homelessness the last two years. since 2017 homelessness is up 30% in san francisco. that's three, zero. it's because they're getting the program totally backwards. they're getting the problem totally backwards. they think because there's a surge in homelessness, they need to relax enforcement of their laws. actually, relaxing enforcement of the laws is causing more of a surge in homelessness. you see a similar situation in san francisco with the needle exchanges. they have this epidemic of drug use on the streets of san francisco. so they say hey, i know what we'll do. we'll give out free syr...