President Joe Biden is sending his administration’s first national drug control strategy to Congress
as the U.S. overdose death toll hit a new record of nearly 107,000 during the past 12 months. White House drug czar Dr. Rahul Gupta says the strategy is the first to prioritize what’s known as harm reduction. as the U.S. overdose death toll hit a new record of nearly 107,000 during the past 12 months.
“All too often, these drugs wind up in communities where naloxone isn’t readily available,” Gupta said Wednesday, referring to the medication that can revive users who have overdosed, “where harm reduction services are restricted or underfunded, where there are unacceptable barriers to treatment.”that prevent overdoses by checking drugs for fentanyl and clean syringe programs are other examples of harm reduction.
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