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    Breaking Down the Debate Over Safe Injection Sites

    Michael Brown
    Michael Brown
    Michael W. Brown is the global director of counter-narcotics technology at Rigaku Analytical Devices. He has a distinguished career spanning more than 32 years as a Special Agent for the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). Most recently he was the DEA Headquarters staff coordinator for the Office of Foreign Operations for the Middle East-Europe-Afghanistan-India. Prior to that he served as the country attaché in India and Myanmar providing foreign advisory support for counter narcotic enforcement. He also spent 10 years in Pakistan as a special advisor to the US Embassy on various law enforcement issues. Michael is a graduate of the United States Ranger Training Battalion and has a master’s degree in Interdisciplinary Technology and Management from the University of Eastern Michigan.
        

    With safe injection sites becoming more commonplace and government supported, we must have a discussion around the help and harm of these locations. 

    In this episode, Jennifer Lynch and Michael Brown discuss: 

    • Where do we draw the line on what an individual can use in these locations?
    • Is there an “off ramp” designed with these safe injection sites?
    • Reflecting on the crack epidemic and its impact on the black community. Will history repeat itself due to these “safe sites?” 
    • The real long term effects of narcotics regardless of if its users can use them safely
    • The legal vs. ethical issue of safe injection sites - do they violate the ""Crack House Statute" of The Controlled Substances Act



     

    Views expressed in this material are opinions of the host and the guest, and do not necessarily reflect the views of Rigaku Analytical Devices.

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