stretch of Los Angeles that is emblazoned with the motto, “Save a life! Narcan Here.”
Narcan is indeed here — the white boxes of naloxone spray that can pull someone out of an opioid overdose. So are clean syringes. Coffee. Condoms. Couches to sprawl on. Free clothing, blankets and shoes for the taking. COVID-19 tests. Cookies. Bandages. A homemade soup of black-eyed peas and potatoes, warmed in an Instant Pot.
كانت الفتاة البالغة من العمر 42 عامًا قد أنقذت مؤخرًا شخصًا ما باستخدام النالوكسون الذي التقطته هنا ، بعد أن تناول صديقها جرعة زائدة في شارع سان جوليان. لكن ليس ناركان فقط ، أو القمصان المجانية ، أو الحساء الساخن هو ما يعيدها يومًا بعد يوم. هنا ، "إنهم ينقذون حياتي حقًا" ، قالت بيلا ، كما تُعرف في الشارع. "أنهم يهتمون. يقول الك
The California Harm Reduction Initiative provided $15.2 million from the state to support dozens of syringe services programs after lawmakers approved the funds in 2019. But the money dries up later this year — and there is no funding that specifically replaces that $15.2-million allocation in the budget proposed last month by Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to the California Department of Finance. The program could peter out as state officials project a deficit of $22.5 billion.
SAN FRANCISCO, CA - DECEMBER 17, 2022 - Avieira evans, of Health Right 360, passes out Narcan to a drug user at UN Plaza in San Francisco, California on December 17, 2022. Dozens of people consume fentanyl, meth and other illegal substances in public near the site of a recently closed safe consumption site. (Josh Edelson/for the Times)
volunteers. It could sustain ongoing services instead of sporadically hosting events. In January, it opened a skid row drop-in center focused on the needs of women, especially those who use drugs or do sex work.
No one of any gender is turned away for supplies, Soma Snakeoil said, but for most of the week the space is dedicated to serving women, whether cisgender or transgender. It aims to be a respite from the hazards of skid row, a place where they can feel safe plugging in their phones and falling asleep on the couch.
The state grant that helped transform the Sidewalk Project now makes up more than a third of its budget, said Chief Operating Officer Stacey Dee. Out of its 11 employees, two are paid entirely out of the California Harm Reduction Initiative funds and three — including its executive director — rely partly on the state grant for their salaries.
. And sometimes you fight. Sometimes you get away. And sometimes you do whatever is asked of you in the moment to make it over,” instructor Vanessa Carlisle told the group before the lesson began. All of those are forms of self-defense, Carlisle said, and “no matter what you do, you’re surviving it. You survived it. You did great.”
“And being surprised by somebody being horrible to you doesn’t make you dumb,” Carlisle added. “It makes you human.”
The California money has been crucial to sustaining syringe programs in areas where local officials do not support them, because “for a lot of them, it’s their only source of funding,” said Jenna Haywood, associate director of community mobilization for the National Harm Reduction Coalition.
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