2021 was the deadliest year on record for drug deaths across the US and Canada, thanks to an ongoing overdose epidemic primarily fueled by fentanyl. In order to combat this crisis, governments are under pressure to act. In this episode of Free Drugs, Manisha Krishnan...
2021 was the deadliest year on record for drug deaths across the US and Canada, thanks to an ongoing overdose epidemic primarily fueled by fentanyl. In order to combat this crisis, governments are under pressure to act. In this episode of Free Drugs, Manisha Krishnan...
2021 was the deadliest year on record for drug deaths across the US and Canada, thanks to an ongoing overdose epidemic primarily fueled by fentanyl. In order to combat this crisis, governments are under pressure to act. In this episode of Free Drugs, Manisha Krishnan...
The nonprofit OnPoint NYC, which operates two overdose prevention sites in East Harlem and Washington Heights, announced 500 lives have been saved from overdose. CBS2's Jessi Mitchell got a first look at the new medical unit at the East Harlem site....
In this video from the Transform Drug Policy Foundation, look around the Overdose Prevention Centre (OPC) that opened in New York at the end of 2021....
In 2021, more than 107,000 people died of a drug overdose in the U.S. This amounts to one overdose death every five minutes for a full year. The organization prevents drug-related deaths by providing safe spaces where people can use illegal drugs under staff supervision....
AJ doesn't know why he can't stop using drugs. He has serious health issues from reusing dirty needles and has been homeless more times than he can count. AJ has been in and out of detox and rehab multiple times. In 2021 alone, AJ says he...
GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice and the Safer Inside Coalition presented “Supervised Consumption Sites: Addressing Benefits and Misconceptions,” a free virtual event to engage the community in a conversation about supervised consumption sites/services (SCS)....