This brief presents provisional 2019 mortality data and describes demographic and geographic characteristics of drug overdose deaths, as well as trends over the past 20 years.
The NYC Municipal Drug Strategy Council (MDSC) is a body of government and community experts in substance use, with a shared goal to review and enhance New York City's drug strategy. This report includes a review of current drug strategy and progress, and recommendations for the future.
This report provides updates to opioid training programs to certain individuals in administering opioid antagonists at the HRA’s HIV AIDS Services Administration (HASA) and the Department of Homeless Services.
Pursuant to Local Law 25 of 2018, the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene published these age appropriate educational materials on opiates awareness and prevention.
This report provides updates to opioid training programs to certain individuals in administering opioid antagonists at the HRA’s HIV AIDS Services Administration (HASA) and the Department of Homeless Services.
This Epi Data Brief summarizes data from both the National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the Youth Risk Behavior Survey on self-reported cannabis use, providing some comparison of NYC to US rates. In addition, the brief summarizes data on emergency department visits.
This report provides updates to opioid training programs to certain individuals in administering opioid antagonists at the HRA’s HIV AIDS Services Administration (HASA) and the Department of Homeless Services.
The de Blasio Administration today announced it has joined five other cities and counties across the country in filing an amicus brief supporting a nonprofit being sued by the U.S. Department of Justice for its attempt to open an overdose prevention site.