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Community-Driven Harm Reduction Could Be Key to Tackling U.S. Overdose Deaths

Blog / Oct 01, 2024

Photo, back of two people sitting on grass in front of fake graves in front of Capitol building

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U.S. Overdose Deaths Remain Higher Than in Other Countries — How Harm-Reduction Programs Could Help

Blog / Jun 22, 2023

two hands hold fentanyl test strip over a table of other testing items

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Overdose Deaths Declined but Remained Near Record Levels During the First Nine Months of 2022 as States Cope with Synthetic Opioids

Blog / Mar 13, 2023

Allie Hunter, cofounder and president of Addiction Response Resources, in Roxbury, Mass., on Sept. 14, 2021. Funds from opioid settlements can be used to support various strategies for addressing opioid use disorder, including efforts for prevention; programs that distribute naloxone, clean syringes, and other harm-reduction tools; and recovery programs. Photo: Jessica Rinaldi/Boston Globe via Getty Images

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Building Comprehensive Responses to the Opioid Crisis

Publication / Jan 31, 2023

Stephanie Robtoy, who suffered from addiction to prescription opioids for a decade, with her daughter in St. Albans, Vermont.

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Changing the Way Opioid Addiction Treatment Is Delivered Could Reduce Death and Suffering

Blog / Oct 24, 2022

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Too Many Lives Lost: Comparing Overdose Mortality Rates and Policy Solutions Across High-Income Countries

Blog / May 19, 2022

Syringes and vials of naloxone

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Overdose Deaths Surged in the First Half of 2021, Underscoring Urgent Need for Action

Blog / Feb 07, 2022

Advancing Health Equity

Health Care in 2021: A Year of Pandemic Losses and Life-Saving Vaccines, Support for the ACA, and a Deadly Uptick in Overdoses

Blog / Dec 20, 2021

Emergency workers take overdose patient to hospital

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The Drug Overdose Toll in 2020 and Near-Term Actions for Addressing It

Blog / Aug 16, 2021

"It's Really, Truly Everywhere:" How the Opioid Crisis Worsened With COVID-19

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“It’s Really, Truly Everywhere”: How the Opioid Crisis Worsened with COVID-19

Podcast / Jun 04, 2021

Jaime Puerta holds a portrait of his son Daniel Puerta-Johnson, who died in April 2020 at the age of 16 from a pill containing fentanyl.

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The Spike in Drug Overdose Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic and Policy Options to Move Forward

Blog / Mar 25, 2021

The Potential Implications of COVID-19 for the Opioid Epidemic

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The Implications of COVID-19 for Opioid-Related Mortality

Blog / Aug 28, 2020

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