# @cbsnews on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DbwRW24xItR
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/68844195-cbsnews-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/cc18bdc338.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-08-07T21:42:03.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** CBS News (@CBSNews) — https://gondola.cc/CBSNews

## Caption

Inside a building with a colorful facade in Upper Manhattan, cubicles stand ready for drug users to wrap tourniquets around their arms and inject themselves with new, sterilized needles. 

Supporters say supervised drug-use sites like this reduce overdose deaths and street drug use. But critics say the centers are magnets for hard drug users and dealers, leaving the local community feeling less safe.

Nearly 5 years in, are these New York City facilities helping?

CBS News Anna Schecter went to one to find out more. #investigation #newyorkcity

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investigation, newyorkcity

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