The Bronx District Attorney’s Office announced Jan. 29 that it was establishing the city’s first drug-diversion court for low-level offenders at high risk of overdosing on opioids.
“The Overdose Avoidance and Recovery (OAR) program is an innovative tool for confronting a scourge that has ravaged The Bronx far too long and ruined hundreds of lives,” said DA Darcel Clark. “Last year, our borough had the second-highest rate of opioid-overdose deaths in the state. My office has a duty to stem this health crisis by addressing defendants who cycle through the criminal-justice system because of crimes fueled by drug abuse.”
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