Family members of those with drug abuse issues protested outside San Francisco's new Tenderloin Linkage Center on Saturday. They say drug use at the center isn't any different than being on the streets. SF_emergency
A San Francisco center meant to help those with drug addictions is now accused of fueling them.outside U.N. Plaza, holding photos of young adults. They say they are mothers of drug addicts who live on the streets of the city.
"He's struggling to get healthy," said Jacqui Berlin of her son. "He wants to get off drugs, but San Francisco makes it so incredibly easy for him to stay on the streets and continue using."as part of Mayor London Breed's state of emergency declaration last December for the Tenderloin opioid crisis. According to the mayor's office, it was meant to be a one-stop shop for those dealing with addiction.
"He was here a couple weeks ago and he said people are just using in there," said Berlin. "It doesn't feel any different being on the streets." "You don't have an AA meeting in a bar, you don't hand a loaded gun to a person that's suicidal," said Gina McDonald, holding a photo of her daughter. "Anyone wanting to get help, walking down the streets smoking fentanyl, shooting heroin, it's not helping anybody."Some among the crowd say an open safe space for drug use could be an effective way to tackle addictions.
"I do think this is the step in the right direction," he said. "Pursuing harm reduction in San Francisco, I hope we do open a space where we have a fully operational safe consumption site and I think that gets us in that direction."from the San Francisco Chronicle, the city's Department of Emergency Management denied running a supervised drug consumption site. Mothers of those battling addiction hope that is true.
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