Posts Tagged ‘opioid crisis’
New grounds for safe drug injection site bill in Albany — yet no official yes from Ithaca or Tompkins
State legislators are trying to revive a bill establishing supervised injection sites that hasn’t moved since 2017. Here‘s John Yoon reporting for WRFI. As the staggering epidemic of fatal opioid overdoses continues to rage, cities are looking for solutions. You might remember the Ithaca Plan from 2016: a comprehensive drug plan proposed by Ithaca Mayor…
Read MoreSam Quinones, journalist and author of ‘Dreamland,’ speaks with WRFI before Cornell talk on Nov. 7
Sam Quinones is a Los Angeles-based freelance journalist and author of three books of narrative nonfiction. His latest book is Dreamland: The True Tale of America’s Opiate Epidemic. On Nov 2. on “Your Morning,” he spoke with WRFI’s Laura Rosbrow-Telem about Dreamland, his reflections on the opioid crisis, and what he thinks the country still…
Read MoreIthaca College Harm Reduction Panel [AUDIO]
05/17/17: Ithaca College seniors organized a panel about the Ithaca Plan to reduce heroin use. They focused on how the plan’s harm reduction approach could save lives, including one of its recommendations to open a supervised injection site. Key leaders in Ithaca talked at the panel, such as Former Tompkins County DA and Interim Drug…
Read MoreHerebeorht Howland-Bolton & Aron Thiim Discuss Ithaca Plan to Curb Heroin Use [AUDIO]
04/19/17: WRFI’s Laura Rosbrow-Telem spoke with Herebeorht Howland-Bolton, a recovering heroin addict, and Aron Thiim, a Harm Reduction Technician at the Southern Tier Aids Program, about an Ithaca College panel on the state of the Ithaca Plan to curb heroin use. In the interview, she asked them about why they supported harm reduction. Herebeorht also…
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