- A new study published in the Journal of the American Medical Association found that both of the overdose prevention sites operating in New York City effectively reduced overdoses and decreased public drug consumption during their respective first two months in operation. These results come amidst a particularly deadly time for overdoses in both New York City and the nation, and a new optimism for overdose prevention sites in the wake of the Biden Administration signaling that the federal government would not intervene to shut down local sites.
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