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Supervised Injection Facilities: Combating an Epidemic

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Gabe Magee (PO ‘20) Currently an opioid epidemic is ravaging the Northeast and Midwest areas of the United States, taking almost 13,000 lives by overdose in 2015, an increase from 8,000 in 2013.[1][2] This increase in deaths is part of a rapid and troubling upward trend — a 244% increase in deaths from 2007 to 2013.[3] On top of these sobering figures, authorities are likely to underreport...

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