SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- San Francisco Board of Supervisors President London Breed introduced legislation that would create a task force to research safe injection sites.
The idea is to create a place where people can inject drugs in a medically supervised setting.
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Mayor Ed Lee rejected a similar proposal last year, but says he's now open to the idea of "harm reduction sites."
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"If I have health experts on site at these harm reduction sites then they're not about free injections, they're about reducing harm on a long-term sustainable basis. That's what I'm supportive of," said Mayor Lee.
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Supporters of safe injection sites say they are intended to help prevent overdose deaths, help people recover and keep needles off the streets.