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The downside of safe havens for drug users
12 September 2026

The downside of safe havens for drug users

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Episode: The downside of safe havens for drug users
Pub date: 2026-08-27

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Some cities across the U.S. enacted harm-reduction, drug-friendly policies to stop overdose deaths – but that approach hasn’t always benefitted the general population. Michael Powell, staff writer at The Atlantic, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Burlington, Vt., Seattle and other places where needle exchanges have made public spaces unwelcoming, what happens when leaders stand behind unpopular laws, and the lessons other cities can learn from these experiments in drug policies. His article is “The Cities That Said Yes to Drugs.”



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