NEWARK JOINS CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN RESPONSE TO OVERDOSE DEATHS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES

NEWARK JOINS CITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY IN RESPONSE TO OVERDOSE DEATHS IN BLACK COMMUNITIES

In the wake of a decade-long surge in drug overdose deaths among Black Americans nationwide, a coalition of Black community leaders, government officials, and health experts in Newark and across seven cities today launched You Have the Power to Save Lives, a campaign to promote the use of the overdose-reversing naloxone in Black communities.  Today, a Zoom press conference and rally were held with media and community, civic, and government leade…