Healthcare Advocates & Elected Officials Call for Supervised Injection Facilities After Fifth Straight Year of Increasing Drug Overdose Deaths in NYC

by Press on April 22, 2016

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NYC Drug Overdoses Killed 886 People in 2015, Increase of 10%, Bronx Hardest Hit

New York, NY –(ENEWSPF)–April 22, 2016. Following Mayor Bill de Blasio’s announcement last night that fatal drug overdoses increased by 10% in 2015 – the fifth straight year – advocates applauded new city initiatives to curb the epidemic while renewing their call for supervised injection facilities (SIFs), a public health strategy that has been proven to reduce overdose deaths.