Overdose prevention centers want input as DOJ weighs future

There soon could be many more legal locations for people to do illegal drugs like heroin. The Justice Department is looking to allow so-called “overdose prevention centers,” or OPC, where people can shoot up or smoke under the watchful eyes of people trained to prevent people from dying.

New York City has the first two of these centers to be official recognized. PIX11 News was allowed in the East Harlem location in following this news from the DOJ.

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