'We know that we are experiencing a crisis of overdose deaths, and these are preventable,' said Democratic Sen Scott_Wiener. 'This is one way to help keep people safe and to actually help people get into treatment.'
, over the objections of opponents who said the state would be enabling dangerous and illegal activity.
Assembly Public Safety Committee members advanced the bill on a 5-2 vote after hearing conflicting statistics about the experiences in Canada, Europe, Australia and most recently two sites in New York City. "There is a magnet effect so that people come into the area," said John Lovell, testifying on behalf of the California Narcotic Officers' Association and several other police organizations.
"In the face of a crisis, we must do things differently," she said, referring to the national onslaught of opioid deaths, often fed by the prevalence of fentanyl. California would be"creating an enabling program that enables people to continue to do what is very damaging and destructive, not only to themselves but to the public at large," said Republican Assemblyman Kelly Seyarto. The goal, he said, should be to"get them off of drugs and get them out of this dependency" instead of allowing it.
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