RFK Jr. Says He’d Consider Adding Safe Using Sites to His Sweeping Proposal To Tackle Drug Crisis

‘I would try anything that works … and if they don’t work, we’ll try something else,’ the independent presidential candidate tells the Sun.

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Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. Mario Tama/Getty Images

Independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is proposing a New Deal-scale program to tackle the nation’s drug crisis that includes a heterodox mix of policies from both left and right, including weighing the benefits of harm reduction.   

In an interview with the Sun, Mr. Kennedy, who is a recovering heroin addict, said he would even be open to safe drug consumption sites to protect the users — if the data shows they work. He says he hasn’t looked into it yet.

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