How one mother is fighting against opioid deaths by allowing people to use drugs at her home

WBUR's Martha Bebinger joins us to talk about a mother who allows people she knows and trusts to use drugs at her home. It’s an informal version of the controversial overdose prevention centers, also known as supervised consumption sites, where trained staff supervise people using drugs.

She monitors the people after they consume the drugs they bring, ready to use overdose reversal drugs if needed. Her decision to do this can be traced back to her struggles trying to keep her daughter from dying because of her addiction.