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Experts credit harm reduction, not border cops, for 27% drop in overdose deaths

ScheerPost | New Brunswick/Wikimedia Commons
ScheerPost | New Brunswick/Wikimedia Commons

One such effort is Project Mayday, an all-volunteer harm reduction collective based in Charleston, West Virginia, the state with the highest overdose mortality rate in the nation. Despite unscientific restrictions on harm reduction services pushed by conservative state lawmakers, the group distributes first aid and other supplies that help drug users take control of their own health, including naloxone, the lifesaving medication that can reverse a potentially fatal opioid overdose.

Posted in: News on 05/17/2025 | Link to this post on IFP |
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