Reducing Opioid Overdose Deaths: NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Responses

• By: Hillary Kunins, MD, MPH, MS NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Use Prevention, Care and Treatment
• April 16th, 2020
• fentanyl, harm reduction, naloxone distribution, opioid epidemic, overdose deaths, public health initiatives, substance use disorder, treatment access
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Let us address the epidemiology of overdose deaths in New York City. Like cities and states around the United States, New York City is in the midst of an opioid overdose epidemic. In 2016, someone died every seven hours of an overdose in New York City, resulting in 1,374 confirmed deaths. More New...