{"id":1083784,"date":"2021-12-04T11:59:06","date_gmt":"2021-12-04T16:59:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083784"},"modified":"2021-12-04T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2021-12-04T16:59:10","slug":"new-york-city-opens-supervised-injection-sites-where-people-can-use-illegal-drugs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/new-york-city-opens-supervised-injection-sites-where-people-can-use-illegal-drugs\/","title":{"rendered":"New York City Opens Supervised Injection Sites, Where People Can Use Illegal Drugs"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnew-york-city-opens-supervised-injection-sites-where-people-can-use-illegal-drugs%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1083784&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>New York City authorized two supervised injection sites to begin operating in Manhattan earlier this week, and on the first day, staff reversed two overdoses.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/30\/nyregion\/supervised-injection-sites-nyc.html\">reported<\/a> that the two sites \u2013 one in East Harlem and one in Washington Heights \u2013 \u201cprovided clean needles, administered naloxone to reverse overdoses and provided users with options for addiction treatments.\u201d People who use the injection sites had to bring their own drugs.<\/p>\n<p>New York City became the first city in the nation to open supervised injection sites, the Times reported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOther cities including Philadelphia,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/bayarea\/article\/safe-injection-site-San-Francisco-16628526.php\">San Francisco<\/a>,&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcboston.com\/news\/local\/mass-lawmakers-propose-propose-pilot-program-for-safe-injection-sites\/2431564\/\">Boston<\/a>&nbsp;and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/komonews.com\/news\/local\/court-rules-against-seattles-efforts-for-supervised-injection-sites-for-heroin-users\">Seattle<\/a>&nbsp;have taken steps toward supervised injection but have yet to open sites amid debate over the legal and moral implications of sanctioning illegal drug use,\u201d the outlet reported.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, New York City\u2019s health commissioner, told the Times that the sites are meant to help control the city\u2019s overdose crisis.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery four hours, someone dies of a drug overdose in New York City,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWe feel a deep conviction and also sense of urgency in opening overdose prevention centers.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As the Times reported:<\/p>\n<p><em>Nationally, overdose deaths&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/17\/health\/drug-overdoses-fentanyl-deaths.html\">rose to more than 100,000<\/a>&nbsp;in the 12-month period that ended in April, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, up nearly 30 percent from the previous 12 months.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>More than 2,000 people died of a drug overdose in New York City in 2020, the highest total since the city began keeping track of overdose deaths in 2000. During the first three months of 2021, there were close to 600 overdose deaths, according to preliminary data. New York also saw&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.health.ny.gov\/statistics\/opioid\/data\/pdf\/nys_opioid_annual_report_2020.pdf\">an increase<\/a>&nbsp;in overdose deaths related to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/20\/nyregion\/fentanyl-opioid-deaths.html\">fentanyl and other synthetic drugs<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The facilities are being run by two non-profits \u2013 New York Harm Reduction Educators and Washington Heights Corner Project \u2013 who have merged to form OnPoint NYC. The city, and thus taxpayers, provide funding to those nonprofits.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times updated its article without notification after publication. The <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20211130102324\/https:\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/11\/30\/nyregion\/supervised-injection-sites-nyc.html\">original article<\/a> included comments from two individuals who used the facility and described it as \u201ckind of like the D.M.V.\u201d The Times originally wrote:<\/p>\n<p><em>Inside the space, there are bathrooms set aside for drug users, equipped with a chair, a desk and a diaper-changing table, said the couple, who asked to be identified only by their first names and last initials, Jonathan D. and Kira D., so as not to jeopardize Jonathan\u2019s job.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cIf you\u2019re in the bathroom longer than 15 minutes, they knock on the door and ask if you\u2019re OK,\u201d said Kira, 26. \u201cIf you don\u2019t answer, they come in.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>After injecting, users are encouraged to come out to a waiting room lined with chairs \u2014 \u201ckind of like the D.M.V.,\u201d said Jonathan, 36 \u2014 where workers in medical scrubs stand by ready to treat overdoses.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cPeople that are nodding out too hard, they go over and make sure you\u2019re nodding out and not falling out,\u201d Jonathan said.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The experience inside the facilities is now described differently:<\/p>\n<p><em>Both sites began offering injection services on Tuesday. Inside the East Harlem site, a dozen people sat on chairs in a waiting area. Some were eating lunch, some were seeking refuge from the raw weather and some were dozing, quietly affected by whatever narcotic they had just taken in the \u201coverdose prevention center,\u201d an inner room with eight booths equipped with \u201ccrash carts\u201d stocked with naloxone and other lifesaving tools.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In the day room, Kailin See, OnPoint\u2019s senior director of programs, interrupted a tour she was giving reporters when she spotted a bearded man in one of the chairs with his head all the way down on his chest. She noticed that his nod seemed \u201cheavy.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>She walked over and rubbed his sternum and quietly told him \u201cI need two more hours from you\u201d before she would feel comfortable with him leaving. The man sat up.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Eva Chan, a member of Community Board 11 in East Harlem, explained that she was fine with the centers so long as they were not near her own home.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf every district in New York City has one site and it\u2019s not right next to my home, I\u2019m not against it,\u201d Chan told the Times. \u201cBut the root cause of high drug use in East Harlem is the over-concentration of drug treatment facilities, and this does not address that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Other members of the communities expressed dismay with the facilities as well.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only can I buy my drugs here but I can safely shoot them up in a comfortable atmosphere where people are watching over me?\u201d said Syderia Asberry-Chresfield, co-founder of an organization aimed at improving Harlem. \u201cAnd then they go outside and they wreak havoc in the neighborhood. We can\u2019t live like this.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Juan Carlos Feliz, another resident, said it was \u201cnot cool\u201d for the city to place one of the facilities across the street from the school attended by his young children.<\/p>\n<p>Federal law states that it is illegal to operate a building that<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New York City authorized two supervised injection sites to begin operating in Manhattan earlier this week, and on the first day, staff reversed two overdoses.The New York Times reported that the two sites \u2013 one in East Harlem and one in Washington Heights \u2013 \u201cprovided clean needles, administered naloxone to reverse overdoses and provided users with options for addiction treatments.\u201d People who use the injection sites had to bring their own drugs.New York City became the first city in the nation to open supervised injection sites, the Times reported.\u201cOther cities including Philadelphia,\u00a0San Francisco,\u00a0Boston\u00a0and\u00a0Seattle\u00a0have taken steps toward supervised injection but have yet to open sites amid debate over the legal and moral implications of sanctioning illegal drug use,\u201d the outlet reported.Dr. Dave A. Chokshi, New York City\u2019s health commissioner, told the Times that the sites are meant to help control the city\u2019s overdose crisis.\u201cEvery four hours, someone dies of a drug overdose in New York City,\u201d he told the outlet. \u201cWe feel a deep conviction and also sense of urgency in opening overdose prevention centers.\u201dAs the Times reported:Nationally, overdose deaths\u00a0rose to more than 100,000\u00a0in the 12-month period that ended in April, according to the National Center for Health Statistics, up nearly 30 percent from the previous 12 months.More than 2,000 people died of a drug overdose in New York City in 2020, the highest total since the city began keeping track of overdose deaths in 2000. During the first three months of 2021, there were close to 600 overdose deaths, according to preliminary data. New York also saw\u00a0an increase\u00a0in overdose deaths related to\u00a0fentanyl and other synthetic drugs.The facilities are being run by two non-profits \u2013 New York Harm Reduction Educators and Washington Heights Corner Project \u2013 who have merged to form OnPoint NYC. The city, and thus taxpayers, provide funding to those nonprofits.The New York Times updated its article without notification after publication. The original article included comments from two individuals who used the facility and described it as \u201ckind of like the D.M.V.\u201d The Times originally wrote:Inside the space, there are bathrooms set aside for drug users, equipped with a chair, a desk and a diaper-changing table, said the couple, who asked to be identified only by their first names and last initials, Jonathan D. and Kira D., so as not to jeopardize Jonathan\u2019s job.\u201cIf you\u2019re in the bathroom longer than 15 minutes, they knock on the door and ask if you\u2019re OK,\u201d said Kira, 26. \u201cIf you don\u2019t answer, they come in.\u201dAfter injecting, users are encouraged to come out to a waiting room lined with chairs \u2014 \u201ckind of like the D.M.V.,\u201d said Jonathan, 36 \u2014 where workers in medical scrubs stand by ready to treat overdoses.\u201cPeople that are nodding out too hard, they go over and make sure you\u2019re nodding out and not falling out,\u201d Jonathan said.The experience inside the facilities is now described differently:Both sites began offering injection services on Tuesday. Inside the East Harlem site, a dozen people sat on chairs in a waiting area. Some were eating lunch, some were seeking refuge from the raw weather and some were dozing, quietly affected by whatever narcotic they had just taken in the \u201coverdose prevention center,\u201d an inner room with eight booths equipped with \u201ccrash carts\u201d stocked with naloxone and other lifesaving tools.In the day room, Kailin See, OnPoint\u2019s senior director of programs, interrupted a tour she was giving reporters when she spotted a bearded man in one of the chairs with his head all the way down on his chest. She noticed that his nod seemed \u201cheavy.\u201dShe walked over and rubbed his sternum and quietly told him \u201cI need two more hours from you\u201d before she would feel comfortable with him leaving. The man sat up.Eva Chan, a member of Community Board 11 in East Harlem, explained that she was fine with the centers so long as they were not near her own home.\u201cIf every district in New York City has one site and it\u2019s not right next to my home, I\u2019m not against it,\u201d Chan told the Times. \u201cBut the root cause of high drug use in East Harlem is the over-concentration of drug treatment facilities, and this does not address that.\u201dOther members of the communities expressed dismay with the facilities as well.\u201cNot only can I buy my drugs here but I can safely shoot them up in a comfortable atmosphere where people are watching over me?\u201d said Syderia Asberry-Chresfield, co-founder of an organization aimed at improving Harlem. \u201cAnd then they go outside and they wreak havoc in the neighborhood. We can\u2019t live like this.\u201dJuan Carlos Feliz, another resident, said it was \u201cnot cool\u201d for the city to place one of the facilities across the street from the school attended by his young children.Federal law states that it is illegal to operate a building that allows people to use illegal drugs, but Democrats at the local and federal level have declined to enforce federal drug laws for the past decade. A similar proposal did get push back from the Trump administration in 2019 when the Department of Justice sued to keep Philadelphia from opening a supervised injection facility, but there isn\u2019t any indication that President Joe Biden will move to do the same.The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a\u00a0member.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":126,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1083784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083784","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/126"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1083784"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1083784\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1083784"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1083784"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1083784"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}