Cherelle Parker has endorsed stop-and-frisk because she says she doesn't want to take anything off the table that would help address violent crime. But the opioid epidemic is even more deadly than gun violence, with more than double the number of fatal overdoses as murders in the city, and Parker has taken safe injection sites off the table. The panel asked: Why use any means available to address one and not the other? Parker explains her stance. (Photo Credit: Holli Stephens)

<p>Cherelle Parker has endorsed stop-and-frisk because she says she doesn't want to take anything off the table that would help address violent crime. But the opioid epidemic is even more deadly than gun violence, with more than double the number of fatal overdoses as murders in the city, and Parker has taken safe injection sites off the table. The panel asked: Why use any means available to address one and not the other? Parker explains her stance. (Photo Credit: Holli Stephens)</p>

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