SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — The California State Assembly on Thursday approved a controversial bill allowing Los Angeles, Oakland and San Francisco to create places where opioid users could legally inject drugs in supervised environments.
The move follows more than a year of legislative review, with supporters saying it would save lives and critics saying it would promote drug addiction.
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