Officials Worry Safe Injection Site Plans Could Draw Fire From Department Of Justice
If the government chose to enforce federal law, agents could raid safe injection sites, shut them down, and arrest anybody who authorized their existence, works at them or uses drugs in them. The threat of such action is putting a damper on some of the city's plans.
San Francisco Chronicle:
San Francisco Would Defy Federal Law With Safe Injection Sites
San Francisco city officials widely agree that safe injection sites are worth trying, especially since the status quo — people shooting up openly on our sidewalks — is untenable. But they’re wringing their hands about the Trump Justice Department, run by the far-right Attorney General Jeff Sessions, placing an even bigger target on San Francisco. (Knight, 5/22)
In other public health news —
Los Angeles Times:
Yes, President Trump, There Is A Difference Between HIV And HPV. Here's A Handy Tipsheet
In the early days of his presidency, Donald Trump famously declared that "nobody knew that healthcare could be so complicated." At the time, he was talking about health insurance. But perhaps he was also thinking about two potentially life-threatening viruses — HIV and HPV. In a video that came to light this week, Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates described two meetings with Trump where the men discussed a variety of issues related to innovation, science, education and global health. (Kaplan, 5/18)