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Susan Bissett: Overdose crisis is still with us

  • WVDII
  • Sep 24, 2021
  • 1 min read

COVID-19 has garnered much of the media attention in the past 18 months, but it is not our only public health emergency. The United States also has seen an astronomical spike in overdose deaths in the past year.


As we celebrate National Recovery Month, we also must recognize all the work yet to be accomplished to prevent overdoses and increase the number of people entering long-term recovery.


 
 
 

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