drug overdoses

Equipped and staffed to reverse overdoses, New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention centers” are a bold and contested response to a storm tide of opioid overdose deaths nationwide.

The first officially authorized safe havens for people to use heroin and other narcotics have been cleared to open in New York City in hopes of curbing overdoses, the mayor and health commissioner said Tuesday.

The only son of Nashville Mayor Megan Barry – whom her office described as “a kind soul full of life” – has died of an apparent drug overdose, and she asked for privacy as she and her husband face life “without his laughter and love.” The office released a statement Sunday from Barry and her […]