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USA. SF gives methadone, alcohol, cannabis to some addicts and homeless isolating from coronavirus in hotels
USA. SF gives methadone, alcohol, cannabis to some addicts and homeless isolating from coronavirus in hotels
The city health department confirmed Wednesday that it is providing alcohol, tobacco, medical cannabis and other substances in an effort to prevent a handful of people quarantined or isolating in city-leased hotels from going outside to get the substances themselves. The hotel residents are receiving opioid maintenance medications such as methadone, delivered by methadone clinics. The city says it is using harm reduction to keep these people inside and curb the spread of the coronavirus. (San Francisco Chronicle, USA, 06.05.2020)