State hearing on supervised consumption sites today

[Christopher Beland]

Since the issue of having a supervised drug consumption site or mobile
service in Davis Square has been part of the recent debate over the
situation in our parks, I thought I'd let you know this hearing starts
at 11am today:

https://malegislature.gov/Events/Hearings/Detail/5328

If you want to make your voice heard on this or related issues, you can
either rush over to show up in person (it's scheduled to last several
hours) or submit written testimony. The deadline to register for online
video testimony has passed; written testimony is accepted until the
committee makes decisions on the bills, for which the deadline is
November 14. Usually there's a video recording you can watch later if
you can't watch it live.

The bills cover topics including sharps disposal, criminality of drug
use and possession, expungement of records related to drug offenses,
availability of overdose reversal drugs, and harm reduction programs.
The specific bills that would legalize supervised consumption sites are
H.2196 and S.1393.

-B.