Ayanna Pressley actually said...

"In my district there are four syringe service programs."

"We have to move holistically. We have to move with urgency, and I do believe we need not only on-demand treatment, but it need to be culturally competent, it needs to be gender specific and responsive..."

"My father, like millions of Americans, as someone who battled heroin addiction, opioid addiction, and was in and out of the criminal justice system, committing crimes to support that addiction."

"Opponents of syringe service programs have argued that these approaches fuel drug use rather than reduce the risk of disease."