On Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams announced an ambitious goal of reducing NYC drug overdose deaths by 15% by 2025, but few details have been released. WNYC's Sean Carlson spoke with NYC Health Commissioner Dr. Ashwin Vasan about the plan's funding objectives.
This “Care, Community, Action” initiative comes at a time when overdose death rates have reached record highs, quadrupling over the last decade due mostly to fentanyl, a, dangerous synthetic opioid. The mayor’s strategy will focus on expanding programs that are already working to reduce the harms of drug use in hard-hit communities, such as syringe exchange programs that provide clean needles and access to social services.
Sean Carlson: Before we get into the nuts and bolts of this initiative, can you just walk us through the basic components of the approach that the mayor laid out?We're laying out a multilayered approach to a brand new mental health agenda to really meet this moment. We're coming out of the worst pandemic in public health crisis that we've seen in a century.
Harm reduction is a principle that acknowledges that while we would love to live in a world where no one engages in unhealthy behaviors or dangerous behaviors, we also know that there are tools we can do to meet people where they are — even if they are engaged in those behaviors — to keep them safe. The plan sets a target of opening five overdose prevention centers by 2025. Now, the city currently has two of those centers where people can use illegal drugs under staff supervision.
Upper Manhattan is where we launched the first two overdose prevention centers, because the need is the greatest there. The South Bronx is another community with extraordinary need. And so when we talk about expanding overdose prevention centers, those are among the areas.
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