The Mott Haven Lincoln Recovery Center was once a popular therapeutic refuge for drug addicts, but where have the patients gone?
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Bronx acupuncture center for addiction fighting to survive
Posted on 15 October 2019.
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How HIV outreach is tackling an “invisible crisis” in The Bronx
Posted on 13 October 2019.
While New York celebrates declining HIV rates, healthcare advocates in the Bronx narrow their focus to where services aren’t reaching people.
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Prescriptions lag as Bronx battles opioid epidemic
Posted on 13 October 2019.
Prescriptions of life-saving buprenorphine lag in the Bronx. A legacy of bureaucracy and stigma are to blame.
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Where are the overdose prevention centers Cuomo promised?
Posted on 12 October 2019.
“With over 20,000 overdose deaths under Governor Cuomo’s tenure, his legacy will be marked by his choice to either stand with New Yorkers or stand in the way of their survival,” according to an advocacy group for overdose prevention sites.
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ASPCA to expand free, subsidized animal care to South Bronx
Posted on 11 October 2019.
ASPCA is expected to open a community veterinary center in the South Bronx next Spring. The community hopes the center will address some of the persistent issues with the mobile clinics.
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Hidden hospital courtrooms, where the mentally ill fight forced treatment
Posted on 18 October 2018.
Every Wednesday a judge comes to Bronx Psychiatric Center and oversees hearings in which the hospital wants to force a patient to stay hospitalized or take treatment. How do these small makeshift courtrooms straddle the balance between respecting civil rights and ensure that patients get the treatment they need even if they don’t want it?
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Albany is listening, but legal marijuana advocates remain skeptical
Posted on 10 October 2018.
The public meeting on whether or not New York should legalize marijuana hadn’t even started yet, and things were already getting heated. “Who here loves pot?” a large, bearded man shouted as he walked into the Jamaica Performing Arts Center in Queens, the site of a Sept. 24 listening session. It was the latest on […]
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No “Big Apple” in the Bronx
Posted on 09 October 2018.
Morrisania in the South Bronx has long been known as a “food desert” for its lack of fresh produce — the local Youthmarket is trying to improve the situation.
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