California’s Newsom vetoes bill that would have allowed legal drug injection sites

California Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed a bill that would have legalized opioid injection sites in major cities like Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Newsom conceded such facilities would be helpful but worried that "if done without a strong plan, they could work against this purpose. ... Worsening drug consumption challenges in these areas is not a risk we can take."

Proponents wanted to give people who already use drugs a place to inject them while trained staff stand by to help if they suffer accidental overdoses. But opponents argued that the move would in effect have condoned the use of dangerous drugs.