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The launch of a federally funded study to examine the efficacy of drug overdose prevention centers in the U.S. – utilizing data from OnPoint NYC’s two sites – could have broad policy implications as jurisdictions across the country consider opening such sites to combat the human toll of the opioid crisis.
Magdalena Cerdá – a professor of population health, director of the Center for Opioid Epidemiology and Policy at NYU Langone and a lead investigator for the new study – says the hope is that researchers’ findings will provide policymakers and potential stakeholders with evidence regarding whether such sites would work and help identify best practices for operating the programs.
Read the article at US News
