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Opinion

Reporter’s Notebook: Witnessing an overdose, and a lack of humanity, on a spring morning in Harlem

By Dean Moses Posted on April 27, 2023
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When 54-year-old James (last name withheld) fell backward on 125th Street and Lexington Avenue in Harlem, his eyes rolled into the back of his head, he made a few short gurgling noises — the tell-tale signs of an apparent overdose.

Yet nobody on the busy intersection on the morning of April 25 seemed to care — if anything, they seemed more aggravated by his condition tainting their morning commutes.

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Reporter’s Notebook: Witnessing an overdose, and a lack of humanity, on a spring morning in Harlem

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