What Next: The Case Against Harm Reduction

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Society & Culture, News

4.6 • 3K Ratings

🗓️ 14 September 2023

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

Following “The Call,” our series on the opioid epidemic continues in Harlem. Inside a safe-consumption site, addiction is destigmatized—outside, however, the neighbors feel differently. Guest: Syderia Asberry-Chresfield, co-founder of the Greater Harlem Coalition and a former Vice President for JP Morgan Chase. If you enjoy this show, please consider signing up for Slate Plus. Slate Plus members get benefits like zero ads on any Slate podcast, bonus episodes of shows like Slow Burn and Dear Prudence—and you’ll be supporting the work we do here on What Next. Sign up now at slate.com/whatnextplus to help support our work. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey there, listener, a few days back, we dropped a show in your feed called The Call.
0:06.5	It was a collaboration with This American Life, and we are super proud of it.
0:10.5	Today's show is a companion to that one.
0:13.4	So if you haven't had a chance to listen to the call yet, go back, give it your ears.
0:18.7	We'll be here when you're finished.
0:20.8	Okay, on with the show.
0:27.9	Before I tell you who Sederia Asprey Cressfield is, I want to tell you about where she lives.
0:33.2	Hi!
0:34.2	Oh my gosh, look at that puppy!
0:38.6	I went to visit her the other day, up in Harlem.
0:41.5	She answered the door, carrying her little black poodle.
0:44.2	What's your name?
0:45.2	Lola.
0:46.2	Lola.
0:47.2	Oh my god, this is a gorgeous home.
0:49.2	Sederia's got the type of home most New Yorkers could only dream about.
0:52.8	It's a brownstone, with manicured planter boxes out front, and more flowers on the
0:57.5	stoop.
0:58.5	Inside, the walls are wood-paneled and warm.
1:02.0	She collects work from black artists.
1:04.8	The paintings are exquisite, and she just renovated the kitchen.
1:08.8	Sederia loves this place, has lived here for almost 30 years.
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