The city's Health Department is recommending that all New Yorkers start carrying naloxone, the overdose-reversing medication, and learn how to use it as the
, Many health providers also provide trainings on administering naloxone and knowing the signs of an overdose; the Health Department also provides these trainings, and sends free naloxone kits to all participants.Carrying naloxone, however, is not the only way to prevent overdoses in your community, says Vasan. New Yorkers should also safely store all their medications where they cannot be swiped and should talk to loved ones about the dangers of opioid abuse, says Vasan.
for fentanyl and xylazine to ensure their drugs are as advertised, and not cut with other substances. The overdose epidemic has not been distributed across the city equally. Black and Latino New Yorkers had the highest rates of lethal overdoses in 2022 of any demographic, with Black New Yorkers between 55 and 84 facing particularly high death rates.
The South Bronx has the highest rates of overdose deaths of any part of the city, particularly the neighborhoods of Crotona, Tremont, Hunts Point, Mott Haven, and Highbridge. The Bronx’s death rate per 100,000 residents is nearly double the rate seen in the second hardest-hit borough, Staten Island. The dangers of fentanyl, which is about 50 times stronger than heroin, are well known. But they came to the fore this month when a 1-year-old child died, and several others were hospitalized, after spending time in a Bronx daycare where
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