Somerville Live Wire: Episode 8 — Should Somerville establish Supervised Consumption Sites?
Channel: Somerville Media Center
Date: 09/09/2021

Episode 8 looks at why the City of Somerville is considering establishing a Safe Consumption Site—where individuals can bring their own drugs to use under the supervision of health care professionals or trained staff. 

Guests: TJ Thompson, Material Aid and Advocacy Program, and Dr. Miriam Harris, Boston University School of Medicine and Boston Medical Center. 

Host: Mary Ellen Myhr of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism. Recorded on August 12, 2021.

Somerville Live Wire is a bi-weekly public affairs show featuring discussion and debate on important issues of the day in Somerville, MA, USA. It is jointly produced by the Somerville Media Center and the Somerville News Garden project of the Boston Institute for Nonprofit Journalism.