Advocates laid body bags outside Gov. Kathy Hochul’s Manhattan offices on Aug. 26, calling it a display illustrating daily overdose deaths.
Amsterdam News has been reporting the news of the day from a Black perspective for 113 years. Donors who choose to give monthly or annually will receive Amsterdam News’ Weekly E-Edition and acclaimed weekday newsletter Editorially Black to their inbox!Demonstrators carry symbolic body bags to represent those who die daily from an overdose in New York State.
Protesters specifically called for more overdose prevention centers in the wake of non-government funding as a possible source. Opioid settlements against pharmaceutical and consulting companies secured by New York Attorney General Letitia James yieldedboth opened in Upper Manhattan three years ago under former Mayor Bill de Blasio’s watch. However, such services aren’t approved by New York State as they technically would be in violation of federal law.
“People usually look at drug use like a sick person,” said Velez. “Just like people got cancer, people under the influence of drugs and alcohol have a disease. It’s called addiction and they have no control of it…and it affects everybody and anybody. People with cancer don’t get stigmatized—cursed at and yell at.”
Expanding OnPoint NYC’s overdose prevention centers could also offer a solution for the services’ opponents, who say the sites are a factor in rising crime and open drug use – though
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