For International Overdose Awareness Day, a passionate group of protesters surrounded the Special Narcotics Prosecutor's Office.
3,229 people fatally overdosed in New York City between March of 2022 and March of 2023, said the CDC.
“The most prominent inequity in overdose mortality rates in New York City continues to be by geography, reflecting a highly segregated city. As in prior years, these geographic patterns reflect inequities in income, wealth, employment, education, criminal legal system involvement, and housing,” the report said. “All of these factors have been linked to an increased risk of overdose death and are the result of structural racism and disinvestment in communities.
Currently, New York State has two OPCs in East Harlem and Washington Heights in Manhattan. According to the, an OPC is where people can safely use previously obtained drugs under the supervision of trained staff—an effective tool for “public health intervention to prevent overdose deaths.” DOH said that OPCs reduce injection-related illnesses, increase access to health care and referrals to drug treatment, reduce public drug use and syringe litter. An OPC is privately funded.
“Prosecution and punishment have never been life-saving strategies,” said Deputy Public Advocate Solomon Acevedo from the SNP steps. “It’s only been life healing policies.”
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