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Source: Ericson, Ø.B., Eide, D., Lobmaier, P. et al. Staff preferences towards electronic data collection from a national take-home naloxone program: a cross-sectional study. Subst Abuse Treat Prev Policy 17, 13 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1186/s13011-022-00440-y Abstract Background During the...

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Source: https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/doh/downloads/pdf/public/supervised-injection-report.pdf Posted 05/03/2018 Overdose deaths in New York City have risen steadily over the past 15 years, growing to the crisis we now face. In 2017, provisional data confirmed 1,441 overdose fatalities in New York...

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