D4DPR board member David Nathan and expert Jeffrey Singer's op-ed on curbing the opioid overdose epidemic in The Hill.
Read it here.
"Traditionally, addiction treatment in the U.S. leaned heavily on well-intentioned but ineffective abstinence-only programs. Critics argue that overdose prevention centers and heroin-assisted treatment encourage drug use and do more harm than good, but decades of data demonstrate the opposite: they reduce street use and improve health outcomes. Newly released position papers by Doctors for Drug Policy Reform offer evidence-based support and recommendations for overdose prevention centers and heroin-assisted treatment."