Sentences with phrase «safer consumption spaces»

«The sooner New York allows safer consumption spaces, the more lives we'll save,» said Shantae Owens of the group VOCAL - NY.

BY NATHAN RILEY Advocates are demanding that Mayor Bill de Blasio release a city health department feasibility study on safer consumption spaces where users take their drugs in the presence of an overdose prevention worker.

Also at 1:30 p.m., legislators will join a statewide coalition to launch an aggressive legislative campaign to create safer consumption spaces (SCSs), also known as supervised injection facilities (SIFs), in New York, LOB, Room 130, Albany.

At the meeting, committee members will also consider recommending passage of proposed State legislation authorizing Safe Consumption Spaces as an emergency tool to combat overdose deaths.

Demonstrators on the steps of City Hall on April 5 protesting Mayor Bill de Blasio's delay in releasing a feasibility study on safe consumption spaces.

Not exact matches

A report by drug policy think tank Volteface stated that 3,700 people died from things like infected syringes and accidental overdoses and recommended a trial of drug consumption rooms to provide a safe, clean and legal space for users.

The lack of adequate, safe and sustainable waste management has been one of the most critical environmental challenges facing the world's developing countries; island nations in particular must grapple with growing consumption and finite space for waste disposal.