The DOC has said fentanyl is coming in through the mail, in drug-soaked cards, letters, and even a book, from which inmates tore pages to smoke or ingest.
Treated drug overdoses are on a record pace in New York City jails this year, even as corrections officials boost efforts to stop fentanyl from being smuggled in.
Nearly 150 suspected overdoses were treated with Narcan, which counteracts the effects of opioids, between January and April, putting the jail system on a trajectory that would see over 400 overdoses in a year for the first time in history,The Department of Corrections has said fentanyl is coming in through the mail, in drug-soaked cards, letters, and even a book, from which inmates tore pages to smoke or ingest.
If the rate of treated overdoses continues as it has, it will roughly double the yearly total for 2020, when Narcan was administered to 220 inmates.Nearly 150 suspected overdoses were treated with Narcan, which counteracts the effects of opioids, between January and April.If the rate of treated overdoses continues, it will nearly double the yearly total for 2020.
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