To fight the opioid epidemic, advocates say set up safe injections sites
One way to reduce fatal overdose deaths could be to make safe injection more accessible. A bill introduced in the Illinois legislative session aims to reverse the devastating trend of the opioid epidemic by setting up state-licensed spaces where people could use drugs under supervision.
Reset checks in with advocates for the program and a legislator who introduced the bill.
GUESTS: Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-8th)
Lee Rusch, director, West Side Heroin Opioid Task Force
Tanya Sorrell, co-chair of the Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition
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To fight the opioid epidemic, advocates say set up safe injections sites
One way to reduce fatal overdose deaths could be to make safe injection more accessible. A bill introduced in the Illinois legislative session aims to reverse the devastating trend of the opioid epidemic by setting up state-licensed spaces where people could use drugs under supervision.
Reset checks in with advocates for the program and a legislator who introduced the bill.
GUESTS: Rep. La Shawn Ford (D-8th)
Lee Rusch, director, West Side Heroin Opioid Task Force
Tanya Sorrell, co-chair of the Illinois Harm Reduction & Recovery Coalition