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Gloria Oladipo in New York

‘It’s saved many lives’: first US overdose prevention centers give safe spaces to people in crisis

Booths at a safe injection site in Harlem.
Booths at a safe injection site in East Harlem. Photograph: Scott Heins/WYNC/Gothamist

Until recently, Ron M would take illicit drugs in what space he could find: public restrooms, subway alleyways or just in the street. He often used alone; the possibility of a fatal overdose was high.

That’s why the East Harlem overdose prevention center has been such a blessing to him.

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