“You need to be alive to try again.”

Senior program director Kailin See at OnPoint, New York City’s new, privately run “overdose prevention center.” While critics say that the aim of the centers should be to stop the use of drugs, others, like See, argue that simply keeping users alive is the first step in getting them help. OnPoint NYC is the first site in operation in the U.S., though several other cities and the state of Rhode Island have approved the concept. (Associated Press — March 9, 2022)