San Francisco Mayor London Breed (right) tours Safer Inside, a prototype of a safe injection site for intravenous drug users at Glide in San Francisco in August of 2018.
Mandatory Credit:	Karl Mondon/The Mercury News/Getty Images

San Francisco Mayor London Breed (right) tours Safer Inside, a prototype of a safe injection site for intravenous drug users at Glide in San Francisco in August of 2018.
Mandatory Credit: Karl Mondon/The Mercury News/Getty Images

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San Francisco moves to allow non-profits to operate supervised drug injection sites

San Francisco is in the process of allowing local non-profits to open so-called supervised injection sites in the city, a step that local Democratic leaders say would limit overdoses among drug users but a program that has been met with opposition by the state's leadership.