缅因州布鲁尔市议会全票通过：禁止在市内设立固定与流动针具交换服务
缅因州佩诺布斯科特县布鲁尔市消息：布鲁尔市议会10月28日在听取居民意见后全票通过，禁止在市界内以固定或流动形式提供针具服务（注射器交换项目）。议事厅当晚座无虚席，居民发言集中在废弃针头危害、吸毒人员向本市聚集以及增加警力巡逻等纳税人成本问题上。
市长珍·莫林（Jenn Morin）在声明中说，让居民表达意见很重要，因为议员由居民选举产生，「我们有责任倾听并认真对待这些关切」。她说：「居民担心废弃针头、公共场所吸毒，以及家人生活玩耍之处的安全感。这些关切值得采取行动。」
莫林同时表示，她相信针具服务项目出发点良好，但这不免除市政府正视实行此类项目社区现状的责任；成瘾者应有前行之路，居民也应有社区安全感，市政府对两者都负有责任。
来源：GSM·美国
Brewer, Maine City Council Votes Unanimously to Ban Needle Exchange Programs
BREWER, Penobscot County, Maine — The Brewer City Council voted unanimously on Oct. 28 to ban syringe service programs from the city limits, whether through fixed or mobile locations, after a packed public meeting at which residents raised concerns about discarded needles, public drug use, and the cost of additional police patrols.
Mayor Jenn Morin said in a statement that it was important to let residents voice their opinions because council members were elected to represent residents and "we have a responsibility to listen and take those concerns seriously." "Residents are concerned about discarded needles, public drug use, and feeling safe in the places where their families live and play. Those concerns deserve action," she said.
Morin said that while she believes syringe service programs have good intentions, that does not remove the responsibility to recognize what is happening in communities that support them. "People struggling with addiction deserve a path forward, and our residents deserve to feel safe in their community. We have a responsibility to both."
Source: GSM·USA
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