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gary mccoy with a organization thinks that is creating a false choice. >> there is a notion that is incorrectthat says we either have to do this or that. the problem is, we are not looking at the things we know work in between. >> reporter: he says the tenderloin center prevented hundreds of overdoses but the city shut it down when the facility came under fire politically. >> we know every opioid relate overdose death is preventable . we have the tools and knowledge, we lack the politica will to scale it up. >> reporter: they take a come compassionate approach. >> different things work for different people. here at saint anthony's we found that makin recovery services accessible works. we tried to lead by example. it is tough to push somebody into recovery, it has to be a choice. >> i think there is a lot of hope left. sometimes that is all we got. >> reporter: hope maybe all sa francisco has right now but th numbers are not inspiring a lot of it. >> new numbers from police sho the vast majority are from outside the city. >> only 3 -45 lists san francisco as the address. that is something we
gary mccoy with a organization thinks that is creating a false choice. >> there is a notion that is incorrectthat says we either have to do this or that. the problem is, we are not looking at the things we know work in between. >> reporter: he says the tenderloin center prevented hundreds of overdoses but the city shut it down when the facility came under fire politically. >> we know every opioid relate overdose death is preventable . we have the tools and knowledge, we lack...
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quakes gary mccoy's with health right 360, 1 of the nonprofits the city relies on to help people get off the streets and into recovery. quakes what happens when they leave as they will immediately go back out, they will find more drugs, except now they are going to be -- for fear of being caught, they will use more drugs, they will be using more at one so that they're not having to use as frequently in the open. quakes it brings a lot of fear and anxiety. >> jackie berlin knows this all too well, her son is on the streets addicted to fentanyl. quakes in some respects it can be more dangerous for these addicts because they might take the first thing they run into, where normally they might take a little more precaution. >> while drug users are being offered treatment services in jail, so far the city says nobody has accepted it. here's the mayor talking with abc7news last week. >> out of those 25 people arrested and the ones who were released, the ones who didn't have warrants, none of them except -- accepted the services we were offering. >> the city plans to continue making arrests.
quakes gary mccoy's with health right 360, 1 of the nonprofits the city relies on to help people get off the streets and into recovery. quakes what happens when they leave as they will immediately go back out, they will find more drugs, except now they are going to be -- for fear of being caught, they will use more drugs, they will be using more at one so that they're not having to use as frequently in the open. quakes it brings a lot of fear and anxiety. >> jackie berlin knows this all...
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but gary mccoy, with an organization called health right three 60, thanks that's creating a false choice. >> there's this notion that's entirely incorrect that says we either have to do this, or that. and the problem is, we aren't looking at the things we know work in between. >> he says the ill-fated tenderloin center on market street prevented hundreds of overdoses in the 11 months of its operation. but the city abruptly shut it down when the safe use facility came under fire legally and politically. >> we know that every opioid -related deaths is preventable, and we have the tools, and the knowledge and we know it works. we lack the political will to scale that up. >> back at st. anthony's, they take a compassionate approach, not forcing treatment, but offering guys like robert as a beacon of hope. >> honestly, different things work for different people, but here, at st. anthony's, what we found is making recovery services accessible is what works. we try to lead by example. it's tough to just push somebody into recovery, it has to be a choice. >> i think there's a lot of hope left. a
but gary mccoy, with an organization called health right three 60, thanks that's creating a false choice. >> there's this notion that's entirely incorrect that says we either have to do this, or that. and the problem is, we aren't looking at the things we know work in between. >> he says the ill-fated tenderloin center on market street prevented hundreds of overdoses in the 11 months of its operation. but the city abruptly shut it down when the safe use facility came under fire...
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tara: gary mccoy is with healthright 360, one of the nonprofits the city relies on to get people off the streets and into recovery. >> what happens when they leave after withdrawing for four hours is they will immediately go back out, find more drugs, except now they are going to be for fear of being caught using more drugs. they are going to be using more at once, so they are not having to use as frequently in the open. >> that brings a lot of fear and anxiety. tara: jackie berlin knows this all too well. her son is on the streets, addicted to fentanyl. >> in some respects, it can be more dangerous for these addicts because they might take the first thing they run into, where normally they might take a little more precaution. tara: while drug users are being offered treatment services in jail, so far, the city says nobody has accepted it. here is the mayor talking with abc7news last week. >> out of the 25 people arrested, and even the ones who were released, the ones who did not have warrants, none of them accepted the services we were offering. tara: still, the city plans to contin
tara: gary mccoy is with healthright 360, one of the nonprofits the city relies on to get people off the streets and into recovery. >> what happens when they leave after withdrawing for four hours is they will immediately go back out, find more drugs, except now they are going to be for fear of being caught using more drugs. they are going to be using more at once, so they are not having to use as frequently in the open. >> that brings a lot of fear and anxiety. tara: jackie berlin...
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and mayor london breed to pursue a law enforcement crackdown on drug sales and open air use, but gary mccoy with an organization called health right 360 thinks that's creating a false choice. >> there's this notion that's entirely incorrect that says we either have to do this or that. and the problem is , we're not looking at the things that we know work in between. >> he says the ill-fated tenderloin center on market street prevented hundreds of fatal overdoses in the 11 months of its operation. but the city abruptly shut it down when the safe use facility came under fire legally and politically. >> we know that every opioid -related overdosed death is preventable , and we have the tools, and we have the knowledge, and we know what works. we lack the political will to skilled at all. >> back at saint anthony's, they take a compassionate approach, not forcing treatment, but offering guys like robert as a beacon of hope. >> honestly, different things work for different people, but here at saint anthony's, what we found is making recovery services accessible is what works. we tried to lead by
and mayor london breed to pursue a law enforcement crackdown on drug sales and open air use, but gary mccoy with an organization called health right 360 thinks that's creating a false choice. >> there's this notion that's entirely incorrect that says we either have to do this or that. and the problem is , we're not looking at the things that we know work in between. >> he says the ill-fated tenderloin center on market street prevented hundreds of fatal overdoses in the 11 months of...