New York to open supervised injection sites in bid to curb overdose deaths

• Sites will offer clean needles and medical help to drug users
• 2020 deadliest overdose year on record n New York and US

Two supervised injection sites could be open as soon as Tuesday in Manhattan to combat a sharp increase in overdose deaths in New York City.

The two safe injection sites, one opening in East Harlem and the other in Washington Heights, will offer clean needles to drug users, administer naloxone, the opioid reversal medication, and medical assistance, and offer treatment options for drug dependency, according to city officials.