Mary Howe outside of HYA's syringe access program
Mary Howe, executive director of the Homeless Youth Alliance, outside of the Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic, where the organization's syringe access program meets three nights a week.
This is part of my story at KALW: Do San Francisco police scare drug users away from needle exchange sites?
When a syringe access program in Haight-Ashbury meets, there's often aggressive policing. But not on nights when the program doesn't meet. That can scare away drug users and have deadly consequences. SFPD's guidelines say officers shouldn't interfere.
Mary Howe outside of HYA's syringe access program
Mary Howe, executive director of the Homeless Youth Alliance, outside of the Haight-Ashbury Medical Clinic, where the organization's syringe access program meets three nights a week.
This is part of my story at KALW: Do San Francisco police scare drug users away from needle exchange sites?
When a syringe access program in Haight-Ashbury meets, there's often aggressive policing. But not on nights when the program doesn't meet. That can scare away drug users and have deadly consequences. SFPD's guidelines say officers shouldn't interfere.