In 1973, Dr. Mutulu Shakur and fellow activists combined community health with radical politics to create the first acupuncture detoxification program in America, revolutionizing harm reduction in black and brown communities in the South Bronx. Despite funding challenges, the clinic remains operational to this day, with some beneficiaries even becoming acupuncturists themselves.
Dope Is Death
A pioneering initiative merged community health with revolutionary politics in 1973, launching the first acupuncture detoxification program in the US and introducing a groundbreaking harm reduction approach.
