The Center for Justice Innovation is transforming the way it responds to overdose prevention in the Bronx, with a van that brings services directly to those in need.
On Sept. 26, center staff and other community members came together to unveil the new mobile outreach bus — a resource designed to target areas of high drug use, or hotspots. Inside the van are snacks, toiletries, testing strips, sterile syringes, comfortable seating to connect with staff and naloxone.
Naloxone, also known as Narcan, is a nasal-spray medication that blocks the effects of opioids on the brain, rapidly reversing an overdose…