Thursday, February 27th, 2020 – 7:00 PM
Ascension Presbyterian Church
15 Mount Morris Park West @ 122nd St
Presenters:
Mount Sinai Beth Israel
Dr. Lily Awad, Assistant Professor Psychiatry and Director of Addiction services, Mount Sinai Beth Israel.
Teri Friedman, MS, CRC Director Mount Sinai Beth Israel, Opioid Treatment Program.
Will discuss Methadone and other modalities used to treat addiction, including dispensing protocol, outcome, and the use of the life saving drug Narcan.
Bridget G. Brennan, the Special Narcotics Prosecutor for the City of New York
Will speak to the impact the 2020 New York State Bail Reform is having (and will have) on the quality of life in Harlem and East Harlem.
Illegal Drug Use, Treatment, and Bail Reform MMPCIA and The Greater Harlem Coalition are working to locate opioid treatment programs in all New York communities and to end the practice of oversaturating Harlem and East Harlem.