Bringing Harm Reduction into Health Policy - Combating the Overdose Crisis.

N Engl J Med

From the Department of Internal Medicine (K.S., D.A.F.), the Program in Addiction Medicine (K.S., D.A.F.), and the Department of Emergency Medicine (D.A.F.), Yale School of Medicine, and the Department of Health Policy and Management, Yale School of Public Health (D.A.F.) - both in New Haven, CT; and the National Harm Reduction Coalition, New York (K.S.).

Published: May 2021

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