Harm reduction at work in NYC's opioid crisis

 The NY Times follows some harm reduction workers through their work in New York City, including a city-sponsored safe injection facility.  Not so easy to do, and not so easy to read.

One Year Inside a Radical New Approach to America’s Overdose Crisis. By Jeneen Interlandi

"Since its official opening on Nov. 30, 2021, OnPoint has met with both praise and protest. Shopkeepers and school principals routinely thank Mr. Jones and his colleagues for their daily rounds of needle collection. But local civic groups have been furious about yet another substance abuse program in a neighborhood dense with them and have argued that, however well intentioned, the organization’s approach will only make a bad problem worse. People who are addicted to drugs need tough love and harsh consequences, they insist, not coddling. Community outreach’s mission was therefore twofold: Convince skeptics that programs like these can be a net positive for the community and persuade those with substance use disorders to accept the lifeline that OnPoint was offering."