Your Voice Ohio
Your Voice Ohio
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Can Providing Addicts With Needles Help Curb The Opioid Crisis and the Costly Epidemic to Follow?
4 minutes Posted Oct 13, 2017 at 9:07 am.
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The Mahoning Valley has been one of the hardest hit areas in the state by the ongoing opioid crisis. As local officials continue to struggle to find ways to reduce the number of fatal overdoses, one program being tried in other parts of Northeast Ohio may provide some relief. As part of the media collaboration, Your Voice Mahoning Valley, we look at whether needle exchanges could provide a solution to the problem of opioid addiction.