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Helping people who use drugs through harm reduction

  • 1.  Helping people who use drugs through harm reduction

    Posted 02-17-2022 08:52:00 AM

    Physicians are out on city streets helping people who use drugs by providing clean syringes, overdose-reversal medication, and a wide array of services using the growing approach of harm reduction. I just had the opportunity to interview some really inspiring providers who focus on meeting people who use illicit drugs wherever they are and keeping them as safe and healthy as possible. Here's a story on their work.



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    Stacy Weiner
    Senior Staff Writer
    Association of American Medical Colleges
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