Seattle, King County move to open nation’s first safe injection sites for drug users

[Uncle Hotep]

Seattle, King County move to open nation's first safe injection sites for drug users



Seattle and King County will create two safe-consumption sites for drug users, the first of their kind in the country, as part of an effort to halt the surge of heroin and prescription opioid overdose deaths in the region, Mayor Ed Murray and County Executive Dow Constantine announced Friday.

The sites, stocked with the overdose-reversing drug naloxone, aim to save lives and connect people dealing with addiction to treatment services.

Murray and Constantine said they will move forward with all the recommendations of the Heroin and Prescription Opiate Addiction Task Force that they convened last year, the most controversial of which are the safe drug-use sites.


Other recommendations include increasing access to naloxone and medication assisted treatment drugs like Suboxone.

No locations or funding have been announced, but Murray said the first of the two sites will be in Seattle, and the second will be outside the city.

He also acknowledged that getting funding may be more difficult with the new presidential administration.



Hammersterdam

 

[newworldafro]

First of two safe-consumption sites for drug users, the first of

No locations or funding have been announced, but Murray said the first of the two sites will be in Seattle, and the second will be outside the city.

He also acknowledged that getting funding may be more difficult with the new presidential administration.



Hammersterdam

I'm sure there some syringe manufacturers ready to sponsor a center....

 

[88m3]

beats your children playing with needles

 

[Uncle Hotep]

beats your children playing with needles

they trading prisons for rehab and usage centers

 

[Pressure]

they trading prisons for rehab and usage centers

Is that a bad thing?

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

They do it in Amsterdam. Actually quite effective considering it's for druggies

 

[88m3]

they trading prisons for rehab and usage centers

Great.

 

[levitate]

hmmm...I'm really in the fence about this.


While I see the intent to save lives...I'm afraid that this level of acceptance will lead to more usage and consequently, greater destruction of lives.

 

[88m3]

hmmm...I'm really in the fence about this.


While I see the intent to save lives...I'm afraid that this level of acceptance will lead to more usage and consequently, greater destruction of lives.

You're welcome to educate yourself on places that have implemented it instead of relying on your gut.

 

[levitate]

You're welcome to educate yourself on places that have implemented it instead of relying on your gut.

I kinda like to develop my own hypothesis before digging in.

But thanks for the suggestion.

 

[88m3]

I kinda like to develop my own hypothesis before digging in.

But thanks for the suggestion.

Anytime, man.

 

[newworldafro]

hmmm...I'm really in the fence about this.


While I see the intent to save lives...I'm afraid that this level of acceptance will lead to more usage and consequently, greater destruction of lives.

Take a staycation at the heroin injection center brehs.

Seattle Wife: Let's go do that cruise to Alaska baby!
Seattle Husband: Maybe next year, what about Baja?
Seattle Wife: I see we got different ideas
Seattle Husband: Look honey, we can take a week off right here at home at the heroin injection site
Seattle Wife: Great! I'll tell the boss we're taking off for Labor Day week.

 

[RadaMillz]

Ever since weed got legalized, and other drugs practically decriminalized. The city has seen a 100% increase in homeless population. There are people that are moving here solely for the relaxed drug laws smh

You can't turn a corner without seeing a homeless person holding a sign.

This was not the case as recent as 6 years ago.

 

[Lucky_Lefty]

Ever since weed got legalized, and other drugs practically decriminalized. The city has seen a 100% increase in homeless population. There are people that are moving here solely for the relaxed drug laws smh

You can't turn a corner without seeing a homeless person holding a sign.

This was not the case as recent as 6 years ago.

Wait, what other drugs are you speaking of? I've never seen a state have meth or smack on the ballot for legalization

 

[Crakface]

Makes sense its not a city with many black people