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Are supervised drug consumption sites a better approach to dealing with the opioid epidemic?

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A person injecting drugs at a supervised drug use site
Brian Hackel, right, an overdose prevention specialist, helps Steven Baez, a client suffering addiction, find a vein to inject intravenous drugs at an overdose prevention center, at OnPoint NYC in New York, N.Y., Friday, Feb. 18, 2022. Also known as a safe injection site, the privately run center is equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, a bold and controversial contested response to confront opioid overdose deaths nationwide. Seth Wenig/AP Photo

Is it time for a new approach to the opioid epidemic, which has killed half a million people? We talk to a health care researcher about the recent push for sanctioned, safe places to consume drugs. Then we talk to an advocate at the country’s first supervised sites, located in New York City.

Episode Credits

  • Kate Archer Kent Host
  • Joe Tarr Producer
  • Lee Rayburn Technical Director
  • Sharon Larson Guest
  • Sam Rivera Guest

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