i'm curtis bradford. i am a bord -- board number and for the masses coalition and tendline people's board. i list them because each and every one of to the organizations i mentioned has seen a presentation and had a meeting specifically on this topic in the last year. i can honestly say without exception every person i've spoken to supports you. as you can see there's no opposition. it's clearly the right choice to make. and why? because it's the compassionate and humane thing to do and the right choice because it's the best thing to do from a public health standpoint and makes sense from a financial standpoint. i would encourage you to pass this. also as a former iv drug user myself, i would like to advocate and say strongly i support a decentralized version where services are provided already. as a drug user i wouldn't have traveled more than a couple blocks to use a safe injection site. just being honest. i would have found an alley in between and that's how my mind worked when i was using. if there wa