California Gov. Newsom vetoes public safe drug-use clinics as overdoses surge
California lawmakers approved a bill allowing clinics where people could use street drugs under medical supervision to reduce the risk of overdoses. The governor argued it could make drug use worse.
Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoed a measure late Monday that would have allowed creation of safe drug-consumption sites in three major California cities as part of an effort to cut the surging number of fatal overdoses.
In a public message, Newsom, a Democrat, suggested the clinics might actually encourage illegal drug use.
