Weekly action items and updates from GHC #FairShare4Harlem
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| STRIVING FOR A HARLEM WHERE ALL PEOPLE CAN THRIVE
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| 2022 OVERDOSE DEATH DATA RELEASED Harlem, East Harlem, and NYC Overdose Deaths Increase |
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| The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DoHMH) has just released the latest data on overdose deaths in New York City. The 2022 overdose death data shows a continued increase in deaths city-wide and here in Harlem and East Harlem. When releasing the data, the DoHMH remained notably silent on the effectiveness of their two core strategies for combatting this epidemic in Harlem and East Harlem - supervised injection sites and harm reduction programs. This omission is particularly noteworthy given that Harlem and East Harlem are heavily saturated and impacted by these DoHMH facilities and programs.
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| The DoHMH noted that for the first time, more than 3,000 New Yorkers died overdosing in one year alone. Fentanyl was the most common substance involved - it was present in 81% of all 2022 overdose deaths. By comparison, cocaine was present in 53% of overdose deaths |
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| MOST OVERDOSE DEATHS OCCUR INDOORS Only 16% of Overdose Deaths Occur Outdoors |
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| Public outdoor includes settings such as parks, sidewalks, subway cars, and transit stations. Public indoor includes bars/restaurants/clubs, stores, bodegas/delis, and public bathrooms; other indoor space includes, hotel rooms, building common spaces (stairways, hallways, lobbies, elevators of apartment/restricted buildings). SRO: single-room occupancy |
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| DoHMH GUIDANCE The 4 Key Recommendations for All New Yorkers |
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| While the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene doubled-down on their existing addiction mitigation strategy, they offered these 4 key recommendations for all New Yorkers to follow: |
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| - Carry naloxone and know how to use it
- Talk to your loved ones about substance use and overdose risk
- Avoid using drugs alone
- Keep all drugs — including medications — safely stored.
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| FILM AND PANEL DISCUSSION ON SATURDAY, OCTOBER 14TH, 2:00 PM Join "Swallow This" Directors in a Conversation About Methadone's Impact on Communities of Color |
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| Join the directors and The Greater Harlem Coalition in a free screening and conversation with the directors on Saturday, October 14th, at 2:00 PM in the Lakeview Apartments's Community Room. Lakeview Apartments
4 East 107th Street
New York, NY 10029
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Methadone clinics were created in the 1970s during the Nixon presidency and were designed to control, surveil, and punish Black and brown patients. Now is the time to shut down these apartheid, carceral facilities and allow methadone to be picked up at the pharmacy. It is time to free people who take methadone.
Swallow THIS is a call to action to abolish methadone clinics.
Marchetti and Redmond are co-directors of Liquid Handcuffs: A Documentary to Free Methadone.
Please join us for a screening of Swallow THIS and a panel discussion.
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