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Lebronwon
11/30/21 9:58:19 PM
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https://nypost.com/2021/11/30/de-blasio-opening-supervised-injection-sites-for-drug-users-in-nyc/

With just four weeks left in office, Mayor Bill de Blasio launched the countrys first legal shooting galleries Tuesday morning, calling them safe havens for addicts shortly before five people overdosed at just one of the clinics on opening day. Overdose Prevention Centers are a safe and effective way to address the opioid crisis. Im proud to show cities in this country that after decades of failure, a smarter approach is possible, de Blasio said in a statement. The nonprofit-run centers, New York Harm Reduction Educators on E. 126th Street in Harlem and Washington Heights CORNER Project on W. 180th Street, opened Tuesday.

There were five overdoses at the East Harlem site that saw 85 users inject drugs laced with fentanyl including heroin on Tuesday. They survived, she said. The Washington Heights CORNER Project barred press from visiting the site or speaking to staff. A rep for the nonprofit did not respond to questions, but the owner of a nearby business said he saw someone taken away in an ambulance. I think what theyre doing is theyre promoting this which is awful, said the business owner, who declined to be named citing concerns that his shop would be vandalized. The two Manhattan locations were chosen based on health need and depth of program experience, according to the Health Department. The sites will provide clean needles and social services, but users must bring their own drugs. Last year, over 2,000 New Yorkers died of drug overdoses, the highest since the city started tracking the figures in 2000. The most common drug involved in the fatalities is opioids. Between January and March this year, another 596 people lost their lives due to addiction. A city Health Department study found that the sites could save up to 130 people a year. The mayor tried to push the controversial proposal to open a total of four sites before, but was blocked by Gov. Andrew Cuomo and President Donald Trump, who both opposed the plan.



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K181
11/30/21 10:00:07 PM
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Those are actually a good idea to prevent overdoses

shortly before five people overdosed at just one of the clinics on opening day

once the kinks are all ironed out.

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TheGoldenEel
11/30/21 10:00:19 PM
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A great step forward, imo

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gamer167
11/30/21 10:02:17 PM
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As long as theyre off the damn streets with that shit its a good thing.
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LostForest
11/30/21 10:04:32 PM
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Turbo skeezy but I wholely acknowledge that it is a step in the right direction to getting people the help they need, and will better the fight against opioid abuse.

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GALA462
11/30/21 10:04:55 PM
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Wow

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XxKrazyChaosxX
11/30/21 10:05:56 PM
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TheGoldenEel
11/30/21 10:06:10 PM
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K181 posted...
Those are actually a good idea to prevent overdoses

once the kinks are all ironed out.
Actually the positive thing here is all of these people overdosed with medical care immediately available so none of them died

as long as the drugs themselves are still illegal to obtain theres no regulation on purity/potency so there will always be the inherent danger

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TheHoldSteady
11/30/21 10:08:16 PM
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TheGoldenEel posted...
Actually the positive thing here is all of these people overdosed with medical care immediately available so none of them died

not dead just in crippling debt from needing an ambulance ride out

...one step at a time i suppose


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Antifar
11/30/21 10:09:19 PM
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God bless

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lilORANG
11/30/21 10:09:46 PM
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Hopefully they safely dispose off their syringes there too. Always freaks me out seeing a syringe in the street.
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MiIkMan
11/30/21 10:11:10 PM
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Legalize non-addictive drugs.

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TheoryzC
11/30/21 10:11:58 PM
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Fucking fentanyl

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MutantJohn
11/30/21 10:12:56 PM
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MiIkMan posted...
Legalize non-addictive drugs.
Legalize all drugs

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s0nicfan
11/30/21 10:13:34 PM
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These things have a proven track record of working, so good on NYC.

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TheGoldenEel
11/30/21 10:16:52 PM
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MutantJohn posted...
Legalize all drugs


btw: reminder it is fucking absurd that cocaine, fentanyl, methamphetamine, etc are schedule II (I.E. medicinally legal federally) but marijuana and all psychedelics are schedule I (with no recognized medical use)

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a-c-a-b
11/30/21 10:43:46 PM
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From another topic earlier today.

All drugs should be legal. Even the hard stuff. Instead of wasting money locking people up, invest it in public health and harm reduction programs.

Regardless of how you personally feel about drug use, the fact remains that making it illegal will never stop people from doing it.

Making it illegal only makes things more unsafe for the people involved. It's the same for prostitution.

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Antifar
12/01/21 5:46:23 PM
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Southernfatman
12/01/21 5:50:05 PM
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Bunny Colvin would be proud.

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Cokewave
12/01/21 6:45:23 PM
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Seems like a easy spot to trap out of

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