People For OPC’s in Rochester, NY

03/14/2026

Worth a look. OPCs are about a whole lot more than people think, they’re about keeping people alive, connected, and supported.

The post also shared a link to a video from opcinfo.org and you can find out so much more about OPC's in just 7 minutes.

Before people decide what an overdose prevention center is, they should actually see one.

This graphic helps show something important: only a small portion of the space is dedicated to supervised use. The video helps show the rest of the picture.

At OnPoint’s East Harlem site, people can access food, laundry, showers, medical care, drug checking, case management, treatment connections, and other support, all in one place. Trained staff are there to intervene in the event of an overdose, but these spaces do far more than respond to emergencies. They create a point of entry to care, stability, and safer outcomes.

Too often, OPCs get reduced to one talking point. This video shows why that misses the bigger picture.

Watch here: https://youtu.be/9yHIDyBk88c?si=mZ9EWStyYuxg-BTJ

03/11/2026

Facts matter.

Research from NYC and beyond shows overdose prevention centers do not increase drug use or crime.

Our community deserves solutions rooted in care, dignity, and evidence.

See for yourself.

03/01/2026

Monroe County’s Opioid Overdose Dashboard (2023) puts numbers to what many of our neighborhoods have lived for years: overdose isn’t hitting everyone the same.

Overdose rate per 100,000 (1/1/23–12/31/23):
• Non-Hispanic Black: 121.3
• Hispanic: 95
• Non-Hispanic White: 63.6

That gap isn’t “random.” It reflects where resources haven’t reached, where stigma blocks care, and where people have been left to survive crisis after crisis.

That’s why so many of us keep talking about Overdose Prevention Centers (OPCs). They’re a public health tool that prevents deaths, reverses overdoses on site, and connects people to care, without requiring someone to have it all together first.

And for the community, that can mean:
• fewer people using alone (where overdoses turn fatal)
• fewer overdoses in public spaces
• safer syringe disposal / less litter
• real connections to services: wound care, housing support, treatment, recovery supports

If you’ve been watching your block carry this for years, you already know we need more than meetings and press releases. We need solutions that keep people alive.

Want a few easy action items that actually move this forward in Monroe County? Message this page and we’ll send them

Monroe County’s Opioid Overdose Dashboard
https://maps.monroecounty.gov/portal/apps/opsdashboard/index.html #/bef1f23ca8a44d0083199975beaa1aac

02/04/2026

One door, many outcomes: connection to care, fewer overdoses, and major public savings.

OnPoint NYC: 6,943 enrolled participants and an estimated $55.5M saved. Hear more here:

01/27/2026

A neighbor said it best: OnPoint stays.

Eri Noguchi (ABC School) shares why their school welcomes OnPoint NYC, and why not giving up on adults who are struggling matters for the whole community, especially kids.

12/13/2025

📌 Facts > Fear: A quick reality check on the NY Post OPC story

A New York Post article is circulating claiming “46 people were rushed to the hospital” from NYC’s Overdose Prevention Centers, and using that to imply OPCs are unsafe.

Here’s the issue: the article doesn’t provide verifiable proof (no EMS records, no hospital data, no public documents to review), and it doesn’t reconcile its claim with OnPoint NYC’s publicly released Year Two data.

What OnPoint NYC reports for Year Two (11/30/22–11/29/23):

✅ 61,184 total visits
✅ 683 overdoses reversed, lives saved
✅ EMS called only 23 times, that’s 0.038% of all visits and 3.4% of overdose interventions
✅ 83% of participants connected to wraparound services (medical care, counseling, MOUD support, basic needs, and more)
✅ 50,232 instances of drug use diverted away from public spaces

Bottom line: People don’t stop overdosing because the drug supply got safer. People stop dying when trained staff can intervene. And the report shows the vast majority of incidents are handled on-site without ambulances or ER trips.

Rochester has lived this crisis for a long time. We owe our neighbors the truth, not stigma headlines.

https://onpointnyc.org/impact-report/

12/02/2025

Across Town, Same Story. ❤️

If you live near North Clinton, Joseph, Hudson or Lyell, you’ve seen the crisis up close.

But if you live in Greece, Webster, Henrietta, Chili, Penfield, Fairport, Pittsford, Irondequoit… you’ve seen it too. Just in different parking lots, different plazas, different cul-de-sacs.
✔️ People overdosing in cars outside corner stores and big box stores
✔️ Kids finding drugs on sidewalks and in school bathrooms
✔️ Families scared to answer the phone late at night, whether their mail says Rochester or Webster
✔️ Small businesses in the city and in the suburbs trying to keep their doors open while juggling safety, compassion, and burnout

This isn’t a “city problem” or a “suburbs problem.”

It’s a Monroe County problem.
And that means the solutions have to be county-wide, too.

Real investment in harm reduction, housing, mental health care, and evidence-based services (like Overdose Prevention Centers) doesn’t just help one neighborhood. It means:
✔️ Fewer sirens everywhere
✔️ Fewer funerals in every zip code
✔️ Less strain on ERs, first responders, and small businesses across the map

Whether your nearest corner store is on North Clinton or off Route 104, we all want the same thing: fewer empty chairs at the table and more people getting the help they deserve.

If this sounds like your street, city or suburbs, drop your neighborhood or town in the comments.

Let’s make it clear: we’re in this together. ❤️ 🗺️