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Prototype drug12/28/2022 The CDC estimates there were more than 93,300 overdose deaths in 2020, up nearly 30% from the prior year’s number. Nearly 500,000 people nationwide died of opioid overdoses from 1999-2019, according to the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and the epidemic only worsened last year. has been contending for years with a boom in opioid use and deaths, fueled at first by increased prescribing, including newly available painkillers, in the 1990s and then by heroin and illicit fentanyl. “This place is about meeting people where they are and giving them the hours and the days and the support that they need to make choices for themselves,” said Kassandra Frederique of the Drug Policy Alliance, a group that advocates for less punitive drug laws.Īdvocates and city officials also argue that the sites can help curb drug use in public places. The primary aim is just to keep them from overdosing to death. Proponents say supervised consumption spaces sometimes can gently steer users toward treatment, but it’s not a requirement. Chokshi said the facilities also would offer referrals to drug treatment and other services. ![]() Sterile syringes and other accoutrements are usually on hand. The sites don’t sell drugs - users bring their own - but have monitors who watch for signs of overdose and can administer an antidote if needed. Dave Chokshi said the supervised consumption sites were open as of Tuesday. ![]() ![]() Justice Department declined Tuesday to comment on New York City’s approach, which is allowing supervised injection sites at existing syringe exchange programs. Further, federal law bans operating a place for taking illegal drugs, and the government successfully sued in recent years to block a supervised consumption space in Philadelphia. Opponents, however, see the sites as moral failures that essentially sanction people harming themselves and create hubs of drug use. Attorney General James comes to Rochester to announce local funding for combatting opioid crisis
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