Op-Ed How Supervised Drug Consumption Sites Could Help Solve The Opioid Crisis

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How Supervised Drug Consumption Sites Could Help Solve The Opioid Crisis​

Sam Rivera, Dr. Kimberly Sue, Dr. Rahul Gupta
NPR
3 Feb 2021

More than one million people have died of overdoses in the U.S. since 1999


That rate has increased in the age of COVID-19. Recent estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention show more than 100,000 overdose deaths in the 12-month span ending in April 2021 — a record high for one year.


Then two months ago, New York City opened the United States' first overdose prevention centers. They're sites where people can safely use drugs under the supervision of people trained to spot and reverse overdoses.

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