California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Aug. 22 vetoed legislation that would have allowed the proliferation of illegal drug injection sites in major California cities.
Senate Bill 57, authored by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) would have permitted the creation of “overdose prevention programs,” called safe injection or consumption sites, where addicts can use illegal drugs at supervised facilities in Oakland, and cities in Los Angeles and San Francisco counties.
“The unlimited number of safe injection sites that this bill would authorize—facilities which would authorize well into the later part of this decade—could induce a world of unintended consequences,” Newsom said in his veto message on Aug. 22….