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Feb. 14, 2025 – Drug users can take their drug of choice from heroin to cocaine inside the centers and supervisors intervene, most times with oxygen, if the user starts to overdose. They also provide test strips for drugs to ensure they don’t have fatal doses of fentanyl inside. Opponents say the centers encourage people to do illegal drugs.
“They’re encouraging people to use by giving them a community center to go to and to use heroin, it’s something that’s encouraging addicts not helping them,” said Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis.
She sent a letter to the newly confirmed attorney general, asking her to shut down both locations along with any others that have opened across the country.
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