‘Yes On My Block’: Advocates, city officials urge support for overdose prevention sites

The next day, the younger Miller says he was given a blessing: the birth of his own son, William Miller III.

“But he will never get the chance to meet his grandfather. And his grandfather won’t know how his grandson has grown,” Miller said.

During a press conference with Mayor Brandon Scott on Thursday morning, Miller and other advocates and city officials expressed their support for overdose prevention sites, also known as “safer drug consumption spaces.”