Daily News | Overdoses are spiking in North Philly. Here’s how help is finding communities left out of the opioid crisis response.
Every Wednesday afternoon, Dominique McQuade sets out to canvass the North Philadelphia neighborhood around Temple University Hospital with a backpack full of naloxone and fentanyl testing strips — and a stack of fliers printed with alarming statistics.In 2021, 84 people died of an overdose here, second only to the 169 overdose deaths in the 19134 zip code encompassing the Kensington community, long at the center of the city’s opioid crisis.
Going street by street on foot, at least once a week, McQuade leads a team of health department outreach workers — all of whom live in the neighborhood — dispelling misinformation about drug use in North Philly.On a recent Wednesday, in bitter cold, McQuade and coworkers Jarrel Through months of outreach, the team from the Philadelphia Department of Public Health has learned which deli owners are happy to take naloxone for their customers and which neighbors prefer to have fentanyl testing strips dropped discreetly in their mailbox. The team has also made inroads with people who sell drugs in the neighborhood, many of whom also use drugs.
Most people who overdose in North Philly live here, and most die in private homes. In 2020, 76% of deaths in the area involved opioids — including fentanyl, which is far more powerful than heroin and present in most overdose deaths citywide.In Kensington, the fact that fentanyl has replaced most of the city’s heroin supply is common knowledge. Many drug users have developed a tolerance for fentanyl and even seek it out on purpose.
The credibility that comes with involving local faces in outreach has helped health officials to reach deeply into the community, even engaging with the dealers who are selling drugs.
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