As Opioid Epidemic Ravages Country, Leaders Begin Turning To Once-Radical Ideas
State lawmakers in California and city officials in San Francisco are part of a growing movement to create supervised heroin injection sites.
The Associated Press:
Once Unthinkable In US, Heroin Shoot-Up Rooms Get Serious Look
Across the United States, heroin users have died in alleys behind convenience stores, on city sidewalks and in the bathrooms of fast-food joints - because no one was around to save them when they overdosed. (Kepper, 5/8)
In other public health news —
The Fresno Bee:
Living With Roaches And Mold In Run-Down Apartments Risks Illness, Injury
Home is not a healthy place for thousands of low-income children and adults who live in substandard apartments in Fresno. Instead of being a sanctuary from day-to-day struggles, their apartments make their lives more stressful and toxic because they have to deal with cockroach and rodent infestations, mold, faulty electrical wiring and windows without screens. (Anderson, 5/8)