USA. Facing overdose crisis, Mayor Adams says NYC will seek to lower drug deaths by 15%
USA. Facing overdose crisis, Mayor Adams says NYC will seek to lower drug deaths by 15%
In response to a record surge in drug overdose fatalities, New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced Thursday a plan to expand intervention services in neighborhoods hit hardest by the crisis.
Along with distributing free overdose kits using the medication naloxone and offering a wide array of services to drug users, city health officials will seek to expand the number of overdose prevention centers — which offer supervised injection as well as counseling — from two to five by 2025. The city did not specify where the new sites would be, but cited the South Bronx as a community in need of more overdose intervention services.
The mayor said the goal would be to reduce overdose deaths by 15% over the next three years. (The Gothamist, USA, 02.03.2023)
https://gothamist.com/news/facing-overdose-crisis-mayor-adams-says-nyc-will-seek-to-lower-drug-deaths-by-15