SAN FRANCISCO—On 730 Polk Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco sits a safe syringe access center, St. James Infirmary, where clean syringes and other drug use supplies are provided every Tuesday evening. Narcan—a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of an overdose—is also distributed. The “harm reduction” model used in the city focuses on “meeting people where they’re at” as their mantra, and the epicenter of those efforts are in the Tenderloin. The model attempts to provide a safe way for addicts to do drugs to minimize overdoses. Thus, programs don’t require sobriety for people to be admitted, which means drug users often stay in the cycle of addiction, according to Positive Directions Equals Change (PDEC) directors Cedric Akbar and Cregg Johnson. “We have taken this real attitude of not really holding people accountable,” Johnson told The Epoch Times. “And so, we’re kind of like trying to meet …