s3e02 Celebrating Progress and Charting the Path Forward: NYSDOH's Dr. David Holtgrave and Allan Clear Discuss New York State's Downward Overdose Trends

New York Public Health Now

In this episode of New York Public Health Now, Commissioner McDonald and Executive Deputy Commissioner Morne welcome the Department of Health's own Dr. David Holtgrave and Allan Clear to discuss the encouraging trends, indicating a decline in fatal drug overdoses across the state and nation. The nationally-recognized leaders explore the potential reasons behind this positive trend and outline strategies to maintain and accelerate the life-saving progress.
This episode provides a comprehensive data-driven analysis of the overdose trends in New York, including both fatal and non-fatal incidents, and an in-depth conversation about the harm reduction initiatives spearheaded by the New York State Department of Health over the past decades.
Guests discuss how these evidence-based programs have been instrumental in saving lives and reducing the devastating impact of the overdose crisis.

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Chapters

1. Introductions and Welcome (00:00:00)

2. What questions must we address next to maintain the downward trend in overdoses? (00:02:27)

3. Historically, have we ever seen such declines in drug overdoses? (00:03:42)

4. What are the sources of the decreases in drug overdoses? (00:06:38)

5. What issues are we monitoring and critical next steps? (00:11:11)

6. How do we measure non-fatal drug overdoses? (00:11:33)

7. How can the public access overdose data? (00:13:13)

8. Health disparities in harm reduction (00:13:48)

9. How do we prevent overdoses? (00:17:15)

10. Thanks and goodbyes (00:21:20)