New York Daily News: A Place To Stay Alive—Overdose Prevention Centers Are Worth Funding
To access the support people need, they must first stay alive. Our Overdose Prevention Centers save lives by stopping overdose deaths and providing pe...
To access the support people need, they must first stay alive. Our Overdose Prevention Centers save lives by stopping overdose deaths and providing pe...
This special report includes an interview with our Executive Director Sam Rivera on the impact of our Overdose Prevention Centers and harm reduction e...
In the final days of the legislative session, advocates and OnPoint are pushing for state help....
Health care experts and advocates gathered in Newark on Thursday to bring attention to the growing movement toward so-called harm reduction services t...
Across New York, overdose deaths are skyrocketing. But state officials are stalling on an evidence-based model that works - overdose prevention center...
Overdose prevention centers, where people with substance use disorder consume illicit drugs under supervision, keep people alive and prevent them from...
A New York City organization is taking action to clean up drug needles and syringes littering St. Mary's Park in the South Bronx....
In a new study developed in collaboration with the Department of Health & Mental Health, the first-year data from our overdose prevention centers were...
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...
R Street reports (and provides an explainer) on a recent study that indicates that overdose prevention centers do not increase crime....
Intravenous drug injections carry many risks. We asked Synn Stern, OnPoint’s Health Clinic Nurse, about how safer IV injection techniques can help p...
Meet Paige Guyott, a dedicated Volunteer and Training Coordinator at OnPoint NYC, whose passion for harm reduction and community care radiates through...
On National HIV Testing Day, we interviewed Synn Stern, our Health Clinic Nurse, to discuss the importance of regular HIV testing and how our services...
At OnPoint NYC, our dedicated Health Educators are at the forefront of harm reduction - providing tools, techniques, and information. Booty bumping is...
OnPoint NYC owes its existence to LGBTQ+ and Black pioneers and activists. As we celebrate Pride Month and Juneteenth this June, we’d like to acknow...
It’s Hepatitis Awareness Month - and at OnPoint NYC, we provide education, testing, and treatment all year round. We talked to staff members Synn an...
Responding to crucial mental health needs, OnPoint NYC has established drop-in mental health services to remove these barriers, so our community has a...
Critics of overdose prevention centers often claim that they’re a negative force on communities - but at OnPoint NYC, we challenge such expectations...
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...
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...
A step-by-step guide on safer sniffing, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A guide on safer use of non-injection methods for meth, including sniffing, smoking, booty bumping, and hot railing. A publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on how to inject meth more safely, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on how to mix drugs more safely, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on IV (Intraveneous) injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on IM (intramuscular) injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on safer crack/speedball injection, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
A step-by-step guide on safer crack smoking, a publication by OnPoint NYC....
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