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Inside a New York City clinic that allows hard drug use

CBS News August 10, 2026 1 views

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Inside a building with a colorful facade in Upper Manhattan, cubicles stand ready for drug users to wrap tourniquets around their arms and inject themselves with new, sterilized needles. Supporters say supervised drug-use sites like this reduce overdose deaths and street drug use. But critics say the centers are magnets for hard drug users and dealers, leaving the local community feeling less safe.

<small>Source: CBS News — read the original story there.</small>

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