Tag: Opioid Treatment Programs
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The Commute
Opioid Treatment Commuters – travel patterns and patient numbers (commuting into East Harlem) from all 5 boroughs are illustrated on this map. Hover over a zip code on the map below to learn how many travel (often daily) to East Harlem for their treatment. Extreme Heat Is Coming (okay, this weekend isn’t super hot, but…
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Community Districts
East Harlem has many commonalities with the South Bronx in terms of population, history, infrastructure, and governmental relations. A map of the density of opioid treatment programs (as licensed by OASAS) shows the clear linkage. Note how CB11 (East Harlem) has the largest opioid capacity in New York City. OASAS has packed programs in East…
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The Commute
Recently I wanted to map out where people lived who commuted into East Harlem for opioid treatment (mostly methdone). The resulting map, below, shows that pretty much all of New York City hops on the subway, takes busses or cabs, or even rides ferries, to get to our 2 zip codes (10035 and 10029) in…
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Latest (Pre-COVID) Data II
As mentioned yesterday, one of the depressing things about looking at the data from the New York State Office of Alcohol and Substance Abuse Services (OASAS) is that it repeatedly tells the same story – for decades, OASAS has packed substance abuse programs into Harlem and East Harlem; programs that wealthier and often whiter communities…
