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A month in, The Turning Point recovery and community center in Oneonta is distributing as much naloxone in a day as they used to in a week.
Some people in the Southern Tier say supervised drug-injection sites can save lives. Others say it enables drug use.
Such programs already operate in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.
“Especially with that surge of the overdose numbers, it’s not going away, so why not just try it?”
The news comes after 12 overdose deaths in March, including six in a ten-day period.
“Basically, if you overdose on fentanyl, you’re probably not gonna get revived even if someone tries to. It’s a death sentence. It’s very concerning.”