Sentences with phrase «supervised injection facilities»

The political will to at least look into the state's role in hosting the first supervised injection facility in the nation appears to be mixed.

All four candidates said they would consider supporting supervised injection facilities where heroin addicts could use the drugs under the supervision of medical professionals.

Other new proposals include a $ 230,000 study on the possibility of supervised injection facilities for drug addicts, food pantries that would also dispense personal hygiene products at community schools in poor neighborhoods, and $ 1,000 grants for kids leaving foster care.

NYPD officials witnessed people shooting up heroin and dealing drugs outside of supervised injection facilities in Canada — but Commissioner O'Neill said he's open - minded about the city testing out the...

But Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, seized on the idea, saying she would introduce legislation that would legalize supervised injection facilities in New York.

As Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick defends his proposal for a first - in - the - nation supervised injection facility for heroin users, his city faces myriad messy questions over the legality of taboo supervised drug use.

He also wants to introduce supervised injection facilities, which would provide a safe space for users to consume their drug of choice, using sterile equipment, under the watchful eye of medical professionals.

New York City could become the first city in the United States to adopt supervised injection facilities — also known as safe injection sites — in an effort to combat drug overdose deaths and the opioid epidemic.

Researchers will review data on health conditions and disease transmission related to heroin and other injected drugs; evaluate existing supervised injection facilities; assess legal issues and get input from select «city officials and community experts,» according to a council memo.

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick, the 28 - year - old son of an addict who abandoned his family, wants his city in upstate New York to host the nation's first supervised injection facility, enabling heroin users to shoot illegal drugs into their bodies under the care of a nurse without getting arrested by police.

Mayor Bill de Blasio on Thursday committed to opening four supervised injection facilities where drug users can shoot up under medical supervision — putting the Big Apple at the forefront...

Mark - Viverito declined to address the legality of supervised injection facilities or whether she supports them, saying she plans to await the study's findings.

Police arrested 11 activists at a protest decrying Mayor Bill de Blasio's waffling on a proposal for supervised injection facilities.

Also at 9:30 a.m., Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick holds a press conference to release the results of a report on opioid abuse and detail his controversial proposal for a supervised injection facility for heroin addicts, Tompkins County Public Library, BorgWarner Room, 101 E Green St., Ithaca.

Ithaca Mayor Svante Myrick wants his city to host the nation's first supervised injection facility, enabling heroin users to shoot illegal drugs into their bodies under the care of a nurse without getting arrested by police.

Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Manhattan Democrat, said she plans to introduce legislation legalizing «supervised injection facilities» for users to self - administer drugs under the supervision of medical staff.

Assemblywoman Linda Rosenthal, a Democrat, said Thursday she planned to introduce legislation legalizing «supervised injection facilities» for users to self - administer drugs under the supervision of medical staff.

Rosenthal, a Democrat, wants «supervised injection facilities» for users to self - administer drugs under the supervision of medical staff.

The city of Ithaca gained a lot of attention last year when it proposed a supervised injection facility.

The City Council has allocated $ 100,000 to the Health Department for a nine - month study of whether it makes sense to open «supervised injection facilities» where intravenous drug users could get high under medical supervision.

A demonstration of what a supervised injection facility for heroin users would look like has been making its way across cities in New York state.

Thus, many countries that have adopted age restrictions on their needle exchange programs and supervised injection facilities have seen predictably higher rates of infection and overdose among substance - using youth.