than 100,000 drug overdosed deaths in a 12-month period. now new york city is taking a controversial step to save lives jacob soboroff with our nbc news exclusive. reporter: since the beginning of last week, inside that facility across the street, the city of new york allowed people to use illegal drugs like heroin and fentanyl under the supervision of a professional to stop them from dying of an overdose. sam rivera is the facility s executive director some people might call it crazy. i use a different c word to be courageous enough to do this and we re seeing already 17 lives reversed. come on. reporter: 17 people overdosed since you opened last week. all of them survived. reporter: as kaitlyn took us on a tour of the number of lives saved grew by one. so an overdose happened just now? yes it is 100% reversible. reporter: new york city, a physician says opening the facility is based on science. have you talked to the
250 people are dying every day of drug overdosed. katie, we are in a bad situation on the border. katie: the federal government s job is to protect americans from foreign threats. as of july 16, 8,500 pounds of fentanyl had been seized by border protection. the biden administration is enabling and aiding and abetting illegal immigration into the country and it doesn t seem like it s going to stop despite the bipartisanship you found in congress. you are right. while joe biden is sleeping comfortably in washington, d.c. determining whether there will be a mask mandate, in texas i have got families watching their game cameras to see if there are migrants on their property as they are putting their children
250 people are dying every day of drug overdosed. katie, we are in a bad situation on the border. katie: the federal government s job is to protect americans from foreign threats. as of july 16, 8,500 pounds of fentanyl had been seized by border protection. the biden administration is enabling and aiding and abetting illegal immigration into the country and it doesn t seem like it s going to stop despite the bipartisanship you found in congress. you are right. while joe biden is sleeping comfortably in washington, d.c. determining whether there will be a mask mandate, in texas i have got families watching their game cameras to see if there are migrants on their property as they are putting their children
250 people are dying every day of drug overdosed. katie, we are in a bad situation on the border. katie: the federal government s job is to protect americans from foreign threats. as of july 16, 8,500 pounds of fentanyl had been seized by border protection. the biden administration is enabling and aiding and abetting illegal immigration into the country and it doesn t seem like it s going to stop despite the bipartisanship you found in congress. you are right. while joe biden is sleeping comfortably in washington, d.c. determining whether there will be a mask mandate, in texas i have got families watching their game cameras to see if there are migrants on their property as they are putting their children
to fight another battle. this one against opioids. in a rare form of unity, they agreed to prevention, treatment, and recovery of opioid addiction. they came together because this is a sweeping piece of legislation. and it includes promoting research to find new pain management options. you know, that s why a lot of people get addicted to these, is pills prescribed by their doctor. the president praised congress for this, for what he called an extraordinary bipartisan effort. the bill will now go to his desk. he is expected to sign it, and the cdc estimates 72,000 americans died from drug overdosed last year. the bulk of those from opioid overdoses. we ll keep an eye on this. a story that poppy and i care a lot about because it s a national crisis. it hits everyone, every neighborhood, every community. every socioeconomic level and good to see that you have agreement, rare agreement on the hill in addressing this. and let us know your stories.