Amida Care Urges New York State to Establish Overdose Prevention Centers
(New York, March 2, 2020) – Overdose prevention centers are sites where people who use injection drugs can do so in a medically supervised setting with linkages to a host of support services. These spaces are proven to reduce the amount and frequency that clients use drugs, help protect people from overdose, increase the delivery of medical and social services, and reduce behaviors such as syringe sharing—which increases the likelihood of HIV and Hepatitis C diagnoses.