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INCREASE: Overdose deaths in the city remain at epidemic levels, according to Health Department
statistics. And although preliminary numbers for the fi rst half of 2018 indicate a
plateau, they will likely rise as more toxicology reports come in, according to an agency
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ADDICTION
substitute more addictive strains of the
drug with less harmful opioids such as
Buprenorphine or Methadone , abstinence
based rehabilitation, referrals
to clean needle-exchange programs ,
and Naloxone trainings — which leaders
of the local public-hospital system
and Borough President Adams have
hosted across the borough.
And last May , Mayor DeBlasio announced
his intention to open one of
the country’s fi rst government-sanctioned
safe-injection facilities — where
addicts can shoot up under the supervision
of professionals — in Boerum
Hill.
But the scheme, which also calls
for opening similar facilities in the
Bronx and Manhattan, hit a standstill
shortly after he revealed it, because
it requires a green light from Gov.
Cuomo, who has shown no signs of issuing
his approval.
Jesse, meanwhile, now works a fulltime
job while fi nishing up the last of
his six-month outpatient programs
with Dynamic Youth Community,
which will wrap in early summer.
And he plans to go to college after
completing rehab, with the goal of
becoming a teacher — something he
would never have aspired to were it
not for his grueling addiction experience
and subsequent rehabilitation, he
said.
“Every day I think that I’m not dead
and life is just great,” he said. “And
there’s not one day that I would want
to go back to the way things were.”
If you or someone you know suffers
from opioid addiction, contact the Department
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Man arrested for attempting to
rape, robbing woman on 4 train
BY COLIN MIXSON
Cops cuffed a man for molesting, robbing,
and attempting to rape a woman
after she boarded a 4 train in Crown
Heights.
The victim told police she got on
the Manhattan-bound subway at the
Franklin Avenue station on Jan. 17 at
1:15 am, when the victim immediately
began trying to kiss her, according to
authorities.
The woman tried to push the man
away, but he clung onto her and ultimately
dragged her to the train’s fl oor,
where he pulled her pants down and
grabbed her genitals, cops said.
She attempted to escape the suspect,
but he held her arms down, swiping
$47 in cash, her cellphone, and
earphones before fl eeing the train at
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station,
and running away on the subway
tracks, according to police, who said
the woman received treatment to minor
injuries at a local hospital following
the incident.
Detectives caught up with the suspect
after uncovering surveillance
BUSTED: Cops on Jan. 18 arrested this man
for allegedly molesting and robbing a woman
aboard a Manhattan-bound 4 train the
day before. NYPD
footage that showed him reemerge
from the subway tracks onto the station’s
3-train platform, and arrested
him on Jan. 18 on charges including
attempted rape, robbery, and sexual
abuse, authorities said.
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