USA. OnPoint NYC, Operator of the Nation’s First Supervised Consumption Centers, Announces That It Has Intervened In Over 1,000 Overdoses
USA. OnPoint NYC, Operator of the Nation’s First Supervised Consumption Centers, Announces That It Has Intervened In Over 1,000 Overdoses
The Critical Milestone is Reached as Municipalities and States Across the Country Begin to Consider Authorizing Safe Consumption Programs to Help Curb the OD Crisis; “Record Numbers of People are Dying. We’ve Long Past the Point of Debating the Utility of OPCs”
New York – OnPoint NYC, the operator of the nation’s first supervised consumption centers, announces that it has averted 1,008 drug overdoses since launching its authorized OPC program on November 30, 2021. The nonprofit, which runs two harm reduction programs in northern Manhattan, provides life-saving services as the country seeks to cope with record levels of drug overdose fatalities. (onpoitnyc.org, USA, 09.08.2023)