San Francisco Scales Back Harm Reduction Policy
We talk to addiction specialists about how this policy change might impact drug use in the city.
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Show Notes
San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie is scaling back a key part of the city’s harm reduction strategy: the free distribution of clean foil pipes and plastic straws in public settings. These supplies are typically used to smoke fentanyl or methamphetamines. We talk to addiction specialists about how this policy change might impact drug use in the city.
Guests:
Keith Humphreys, professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences, Stanford School of Medicine
Tyler TerMeer, CEO, San Francisco AIDS Foundation
Sydney Johnson, reporter, KQED News
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