2023-07-14 10:35:32
The worsening epidemic, marked by an exponential rise in fatal overdoses in 2022, is struggling to stimulate a federal response. In Longwood, in the Bronx (New York), as on the West Coast, there are associations that are trying to curb the scourge, at their level, with limited means, by testing initiatives to better control the effect of two devastating designer drugs, fentanyl and xylazine. Article reserved for subscribers Correspondent in the United States By Maurin Picard Published on 07/14/2023 at 12:35 Reading time: 6 min
Nestled under the rails of the aerial metro on Westchester Avenue, a sober and modern facade from which many residents enter and leave, sometimes tottering, hardly betrays the importance of the place. St. Ann’s Corner of Harm Reduction in the Bronx’s Longwood neighborhood is now the epicenter of the East Coast’s drug rampage and desperate efforts to curb the harm — the counterpart to the devastated Tenderloin neighborhood in San Francisco, on the west coast.
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