Politico: The Case for Supervised Drug Use
Overdose prevention centers, where people with substance use disorder consume illicit drugs under supervision, keep people alive and prevent them from...
April 19, 2024
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CBS News New York: Drug Needles, Syringes Litter a Bronx Park. This Organization is Taking Action
A New York City organization is taking action to clean up drug needles and syringes littering St. Mary's Park in the South Bronx....
April 19, 2024
NEJM Catalyst: NYC’s Overdose Prevention Centers: Data from the First Year of Supervised Consumption Services
In a new study developed in collaboration with the Department of Health & Mental Health, the first-year data from our overdose prevention centers were...
April 17, 2024
Seven Days: ‘Safe Haven’: Vermont Is Considering Controversial Overdose-Prevention Sites. ‘Seven Days’ Went to New York City to See One.
Seven Days spent an afternoon at OnPoint's East Harlem location on March 7 as Vermont officials considered whether the strategy could work for the rur...
March 20, 2024
R Street Institute: New York City’s OPCs Do Not Pose a Serious Threat to Public Safety
R Street reports (and provides an explainer) on a recent study that indicates that overdose prevention centers do not increase crime....
March 15, 2024
Medium: Saving Lives: Steps Forward and Steps Backward
2022 saw a record number of overdoses in New York City... but one bright spot in this darkness is OnPoint NYC, writes David Sandman, president of the ...
February 27, 2024
Texas Substance Use Symposium: We Are the Medicine – Culture, Creativity, and Reclaiming the Movement We Built
Sam Rivera speaks at the Texas Substance Use Symposium about OnPoint NYC's work and history....
February 27, 2024
Open Minds: In First Year, OnPoint NYC Overdose Prevention Centers Averted 636 Overdose Deaths & Other Harms Of Illegal Drug Use
"With drug overdose numbers at record highs, there is growing interest in allowing [overdose prevention centers] in Massachusetts," writes MA Senator ...
February 14, 2024
Boston Globe: I Visited Supervised Consumption Sites in Six Cities. Here’s What I Found.
"With drug overdose numbers at record highs, there is growing interest in allowing [overdose prevention centers] in Massachusetts," writes MA Senator ...
February 5, 2024
AP News: Providence Approves First State-Sanctioned Safe Injection Site in Rhode Island
The city of Providence, Rhode Island, has approved the first state-sanctioned safe injection site. The Providence site is the first sanctioned by the ...
February 2, 2024
OnPoint NYC: Part of the Community
Critics of overdose prevention centers often claim that they’re a negative force on communities - but at OnPoint NYC, we challenge such expectations...
January 10, 2024
OnPoint NYC Releases its 2023 Baseline Annual Report
On November 2021, OnPoint NYC opened the United States’ first Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs) as a response to New York and the nation’s overdo...
December 12, 2023
Meeting People Where They Are – And Connecting Them with Judgment-Free Support
At OnPoint NYC, we are committed to providing an array of services to our community - and building the connections with each person to assist them whe...
November 25, 2023
This International Overdose Awareness Day, We Demand Action
With 18 New Yorkers lost to overdose deaths each day, something needs to change. New York needs to divest from harmful systems and invest in what work...
August 15, 2023
Promoting Health in NYC Neighborhoods: One Life at a Time
“Everything I do on a daily basis is rewarding in some way, but there is nothing like knowing you helped someone to actually LIVE ANOTHER DAY,” sa...
June 30, 2023
Without Love, There Is No Harm Reduction
“At OnPoint NYC (NYHRE+WHCP), people are received with love,” said Juan Cortez, our Holistic Health Services Manager. “Without love, there is no...
November 30, 2021
Safer Sniffing Guide
A step-by-step guide on safer sniffing, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer Meth Use Guide
A guide on safer use of non-injection methods for meth, including sniffing, smoking, booty bumping, and hot railing. A publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer Meth Injection Guide
A step-by-step guide on how to inject meth more safely, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer Mixing Guide
A step-by-step guide on how to mix drugs more safely, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer IV (Intraveneous) Injection Guide
A step-by-step guide on IV (Intraveneous) injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer IM (Intramuscular) Injection Guide
A step-by-step guide on IM (intramuscular) injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer Crack/Speedball Injection Guide
A step-by-step guide on safer crack/speedball injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 11, 2023
Safer Crack Smoking Guide
A step-by-step guide on safer crack smoking, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
December 3, 2023
