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Harm reduction gains attention, controversy in battling overdoses

Por: WPTV Nation December 05, 2023

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Drug overdoses, particularly from opioids, happen far more today than they did just a few decades back. The epidemic has caused grief and heartache for families and has left communities grappling for solutions.One solution, harm reduction — which essentially provides a safer way to use drugs — has become a topic of passionate debate in a city and neighborhood with one of the worst rates of overdose deaths in America.It sucks, said Mel Geddis... + full article



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