OnPoint NYC inopa huwandu hwemasevhisi anokurudzira hutano hwevashandisi vezvinodhaka uye nharaunda dzese dzavanogara. Kunzvimbo dzayo dzeManhattan kuEast Harlem neWashington Heights, OnPoint inopa nzvimbo dzekudonhedza umo vanhu vanogona kudya, kugeza, uye kuwacha. Vanopa majekiseni emahara, pamwe nezvimwe zvekushandisa uye kudzidziswa kunoderedza kupararira kwechirwere. Vane kiriniki yekuongorora HIV neHepatitis C kune avo vanogona kunge vakafumurwa.
Kubva muna Mbudzi 2021, OnPoint yakatungamira nzvimbo mbiri dzekutanga dzeUnited States dzakatemerwa kudzivirira kuwanda kwedosi (OPCs), nzvimbo dzinokwanisa vanhu kushandisa zvinodhaka vachitariswa nevapinduri vakadzidziswa. Vanoshuma kudzoreredza mazana manomwe overdose mugore ravo rekutanga rekushanda.
Sangano rine vashandi vese vanenge 120. Muna Zvita, vashandi vakawanda vakavhota kuti vaumbe mubatanidzwa pasi peNew England Joint Board of BATANAI PANO. Vhoti yavo inoratidza imwe yekutanga: mubatanidzwa wekutanga wakaumbwa nevashandi panzvimbo yekuderedza kukuvadzwa. Sezvo nzvimbo zhinji dzakaita seOnPoint dzichivhurika munyika yose, mushandirapamwe wavo waisagona kungovandudza mamiriro avo ekushanda chete asi wakamisa mwero mutsva wesimba revashandi munzvimbo yese.
Kuronga OnPoint
"Vashandi veOnPoint NYC vanobatana nevanhu vakasarirwa kazhinji kazhinji vanokuvadzwa nemaitiro akasiyana ehudzvinyiriri munharaunda yedu," komiti yekuronga yemubatanidzwa. akanyora mune chirevo chinoda kuzivikanwa. "Izvi zvinoita kuti zvinyanye kukosha kuti vashandi vave nemubatanidzwa kuti ive nechokwadi chekuwedzera kuchengetedzeka kwemabasa uye kumisa nzira yekuita nekuchengetedza vashandi."
Dare rinoronga rinodudzawo kudiwa kwetarisiro yeutano iri nani uye nzvimbo yebasa isina kusimba. "Tiri kubatana kuti tiite demokrasi kubasa uye kuita sarudzo pamwe chete mune zvakanakira vashandi nevatori vechikamu. Kuburikidza nemubatanidzwa uyu tinoronga kuvaka kubatana pakati pevashandi nevatori vechikamu kuita kuti OnPoint NYC ive sangano rakanakisa zvaringaite, tichivandudza masevhisi anoponesa hupenyu muNew York City. "
Sam Rivera, director director weOnPoint NYC, akaudza Jacobin kuti sangano rinoronga kucherechedza mubatanidzwa richimirira miuyo yecheki yekadhi. "Ini ndinongoda izvo zvakanakisa, uye kana zvirizvo zvinonaka," akadaro nezve mubatanidzwa. "Ndiro pfungwa yekumhanyisa sangano iri: kuita zvakanakira vatori vechikamu nevashandi vedu. Uye kana iyi iriyo nzira yakanakisa, uye kana zviri izvo zvinoda ruzhinji, zvinofadza, uye tinofambira mberi. "
Brooke Alexandria Paine, nyanzvi yekuderedza kukuvadza paOnPoint, akabatana nemushandirapamwe wemubatanidzwa mwedzi mishoma mushure mekupihwa basa muna Chikumi. “Handina kumbofunga nezvemibatanidzwa kutozosvikira mumwe munhu andibvunza kuti, ‘Unoda mubatanidzwa here?’” anodaro. “Uye ndakati, ‘Ehe, ndinozviita!’”
Paine akabatanidzwa mukuderedza kukuvadza achiri mudiki, mushure mekunge shamwari yafa nekuwedzeredza. Akatanga kuzvipira kusangano muSan Francisco, achiita kuparidzira muTenderloin. Akabva atamira kuNew York, achishandira National Harm Reduction Coalition mune zvese zvakabhadharwa uye zvisina kubhadharwa zvinzvimbo achizvipira kune dzakasiyana masirinji kuchinjana muguta.
"Pandakadzidza zvakawanda nezvemubatanidzwa, ndipo pandakawedzera kuita senge, 'Iyi ndiyo nzira yekutanga kugadzirisa zvimwe zvekunetsekana kwandakaitwa kubva mukushanda mukukuvadza kusiri purofiti kwemakore mashanu apfuura."
Democratizing Kukuvadza Kuderedza
National Harm Reduction Coalition inotsanangura kuderedza kukuvadza se "seti yemaitiro anoshanda uye mazano ane chinangwa chekudzikisa mhedzisiro yakaipa ine chekuita nekushandisa zvinodhaka." Mukupesana nemaitiro emutemo kana ekurega-chete anoranga kana kunyima masevhisi kubva kune vanoshandisa zvinodhaka, vanoderedza kukuvadzwa vanovavarira kusangana nevashandisi vezvinodhaka "kwavari," vachipa zvigadzirwa nemasevhisi anoita kuti kushandiswa kwezvinodhaka kuve kwakachengeteka. Mukuenzanisa zvidzidzo, maitiro aya akaratidzwa kuti anoderedza zvakanyanya njodzi yekurwara uye kutapurirwa kwezvirwere zvakaita seHIV. Nzvimbo dzekudzivirira overdose dzinofambiswa neOnPoint dzakabva dzaburitsa mhedzisiro dzakadaro. Mune yavo mwedzi miviri yekutanga yekuvhiya, vashandi vakapindura ka125 kuti vaderedze njodzi yakawandisa yevanhu vanoshandisa zvinodhaka, uye hapana kuuraya kunouraya kwakaitika panzvimbo.
Zvine hutsinye, nzira yekudzikisa kukuvadza yakavakirwa pa- uye neimwe nzira kugadzirwa kwe- nzira dzakashandiswa nevashandisi vezvinodhaka kuzvidzivirira ivo nevanhu vavanoshandisa navo. Kuderedza kukuvadza, ndiko kuti, chinhu chiri kuitwa kunyange pasina masangano ekuderedza kukuvadza. Zvisinei, masangano iwayo anogona kupa zviwanikwa zvinoderedza kukuvadzwa zvakanyanya.
Kumasangano akaita seOnPoint, vaimbove nevashandisi vezvinodhaka zvinodhaka vanowanzo tamba mabasa akakosha. Vashandi ava vanowanzo shanda panjodzi yakakwira yemunhu, vachizviisa padhuze nezvinhu, vanhu, nenzvimbo dzenzvimbo dzinogona kunge dzakabatana nekutsamira kwavo. Ivo zvakare vangangove vakasungwa, uye vangangoda kurapwa kusingaite vamwe vashandi. Vashandi veOnPoint vanoona mubatanidzwa senzira yekuita kuti mabasa asave nenjodzi.
"Vanhu vane ruzivo rwekurarama vanoziva zvinodiwa nevatori vechikamu nekuti vaimbove vatori vechikamu vasati vapinzwa," anodaro Paine. Zvakadaro muruzivo rwake, akaona kuti kuderedza kukuvadza kusiri purofiti kunowanzo dzosera vashandi ava kumabasa e "bhutsu pasi" asi vachivabvisa kubva padanho repamusoro rekuita sarudzo:
Mubatanidzwa wacho waingoratidzika seyo nzira yakananga kuti manzwi iwayo anzwike. Kuenda kune mukuru wako semunhu mumwe chete, uye kuti, "Hei, ndine pfungwa iyi," kana "Hei, ndinofunga kuti izvi zvingava nani," hazvinyatsoita zvakawanda. Kana iwe uine sangano rese kusaina makadhi uye kushanda pamwechete kuvaka simba revashandi, inzira inogoneka yekuita kuti shanduko idzi dziitike.
Kuisa OPCs muGuta rega rega
Muna Zvita, hutungamiriri hwaGavhuna Kathy Hochul hwakamisa mari kubva kuNew York Opioid Settlement Fund inoshandiswa kuvhura mamwe maOPC mudunhu. Hochul akaenderera mberi nesarudzo iyi kunyangwe zvaipesana nezvakakurudzirwa nedare revanopa mazano rakadaidzwa kuti rione mashandisirwo akanakisa emari iyi, pamwe neuchapupu hwakapihwa nevashandi veOnPoint. Zvichakadaro, Dhipatimendi reHurumende reHurumende munguva pfupi yapfuura rakashuma a 14 muzana inowedzera mune opioid overdose kufa kubva ku2020 kusvika 2021. Iyo data ye2022 haisati yave pachena.
MuCalifornia, Gavhuna Gavin Newsom akavhota bhiri raizobvumira OPC muSan Francisco. Kunyange zvakadaro, munyika yose, kukurumidza kuseri kweOPCs kunoratidzika kunge kuri kuwedzera. Imwe yakagadzirirwa vhura muSomerville, kunze kweBoston, uye imwe inogona kutevera muProvidence. Kana zvitoro zvemubatanidzwa zvikava zvakajairika, vashandi vakarongeka vanogona kuve mubatsiri ane simba wesangano rekuderedza kukuvadza, zvese nekushandisa dzvinyiriro yekumanikidza uye kuenzanisa maOPC pakati penhengo dzavo huru.
Mumwe munhu wandakataura naye nezvenyaya iyi akandiudza kuti kubva mubatanidzwa weOnPoint wakabuda pachena, akange atoonana nevashandi vanodzikisa njodzi mumatunhu akasiyana siyana vaifarira kubatanidza nzvimbo dzebasa.
Nekubatana pamwoyo wekudzidzira-kuderedza kukuvadza, izvi hazvifaniri kushamisa. Uye nekugadzira mibatanidzwa, vanoderedza kukuvadza vanogona kukwanisa kuchengetedza hunhu hwebasa ravo. Sezvo hurumende dzehurumende nedzemubatanidzwa dzichiva nechekuita mukuderedza kukuvadzwa, maOPC akabatana anogona kuona kuti vashandi vanokwanisa kufambisa nhaurirano, nokudaro vachidzivirira mitemo yekuranga kana dzimwe nzira dzekupikisa.
"Tiri kumisa mwero wezvatinofanirwa sevashandi - kwete sevashandi chete asi sevashandi vari kuita shit yakanyanya," Paine anodaro. "Tinoda OPC muguta rega rega, saka kana yekutanga yakaisa bara pamusoro pehuwandu hwevashandi vanobatanidzwa uye iine izwi, inoisa toni kune yese indasitiri iyi, pese apo masimba anobvumira."
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