In what has been described as a “landmark ruling,” an employment tribunal in the United Kingdom ruled that the National Health Service (NHS) Trust unlawfully “harassed and directly discriminated against a Christian nurse for wearing a cross necklace at work.”
On 730 Polk Street in the Tenderloin neighborhood of San Francisco sits a safe syringe access center, St. James Infirmary, where clean syringes and other drug use supplies are provided every Tuesday evening. Narcan—a lifesaving drug that reverses the effects of an overdose—is also distributed.
