New York City has become the first city in the United States to open supervised drug consumption sites in efforts to combat spiking overdose death numbers.
The “Overdose Prevention Centers” that went online Tuesday are “safe places where people who use drugs can receive medical care and be connected to treatment and social services,” according to Mayor Bill de Blasio’s Office, per Fox News.
The sites will be co-located with “previously established syringe service providers,” which distributed at least 4.5 million clean needles to drug users across the five boroughs in 2018.
“Overdose Prevention Centers are a safe and effective way to address the opioid crisis,” de Blasio said in a statement. “I’m proud to show cities in this country that after decades of failure, a smarter approach is possible.”
The first two sites with trained staff opened Tuesday in East Harlem and Washington Heights, Manhattan.
“The national overdose epidemic is a five-alarm fire in public health, and we have to tackle this crisis concurrently with our COVID fight,” NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Dave A. Chokshi said in a statement. “Giving people a safe, supportive space will save lives and bring people in from the streets, improving life for everyone involved. Overdose prevention centers are a key part of broader harm reduction.”
Supporters say the sites save lives by providing a place where users are watched for signs of overdose, while opponents say the sites encourage people to harm themselves by using.
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“NYC Opens Drug Consumption Sites To Ensure Users Receive Clean Needles” while Mayor Morlock De Blasio opens the door to the time machine caverns so the Eloi have a place to be eaten. It’s a win win for Democrats who get drug entitlement addicted votes from the living, and more mail-in ballots diverted of dead people to fill out to help steal upcoming elections.
Overdose prevention to a Democrat is to prevent mind befuddled Joe mistaking Hunter’s bottle of Jim Beam for his daily dose of Geritol, or some girl in the room Joe is sniffing around in having too much of Hunters spilled about cocaine in her hair.
ALL this will do, is ENABLE MORE FOLK to become Druggies.. DEPENDENT ON UNCA Govt..
What is next? How about legalizing all drugs, regardless of their death rates, provided that they are in pill forms? That way there will be no needles. There will still be people wanting injection into the circulatory system. This proposal is just the revenge of BigBirdbrainless de Blasio.
How’s about we legalize ALL vices.. Starting with prostitutes!
you cant make this #### up.
how and why did we let this happen to our beloved country?
liberals and there idiology of evil have destroyed inner cities and families..
and the heartland is sinking there to.
god help us.
This is insanity! This idea has zero to do with saving lives. It has much more to do with changing the culture of the United States. Another government controlled program paid for by the citizens of our nation.
I guess NYC wants to entice back the druggie, braindead masses that have migrated to other socialist parts of our nation like CA, Portland, Colorado and so on. That way they receive more government freshly printed money to spread Marxism. Just another part of their plan!