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>> good morning the meeting will come to order this is the skwleven issue 2023 budget and finance committee. im supervisor ronen. chair of the committee. im joined or will be joined by vice chair visor safai and we are joined by supervisor melgar who is substituteingly for member chan hol not be here today. we are going to be joined for items 1 by supervisor dorse. thank you for being here and i believe supervisor preston will be joining us as well and supervisor engardio will tag te...

Heres what health researchers and overdose prevention workers say are the top solutions to curb fentanyl deaths in the United States.

NEW YORK — Sitting before a large mirror in a cubicle in East Harlem, a man in his mid-40s tied a length of elastic around his arm and began searching

Last week the State Office of Addiction Services and Supports sent a letter to the Opioid Settlement Advisory Board rejecting two of their recommendations to the state about how to allocate the settl

The city says that the safe injection site in the neighborhood, the first in the nation, is reducing not just overdoses, but also nearby drug use and crime. But many locals and the NYPD disagree.

Last week marked one year since New York became the first city in the United States to open overdose prevention centers (OPCs), which have prevented more than 600 fatal drug overdoses since opening.

The public deserves more rigorous data about the effectiveness of the concept.

East Harlem's overdose prevention site is expanding addiction treatment options, acknowledging recovery takes time.

Yale doctor offers suggestions to address opioids crisis.

California’s Democratic governor has backed progressive causes before, but he faces a tougher call on the bill if national aspirations are on his mind.