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Queen City Nerve: This article announces the launch of the Youth Overdose Prevention Fellowship, funded by the Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program, which is working to advance evidence-based overdose prevention initiatives across seven U.S. states. 

The New York Times: Daliah Heller, Vice President of Drug Use Initiatives discusses support for harm reduction.

The Philadelphia Inquirer : Kate Boulton, Legal Technical Advisor explains how access to medication for opioid use disorder is critical.

New York Times: Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives, explains the importance of harm reduction services.

Health Affairs : Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives explains investments in harm reduction.

The New York Times: Daliah Heller, Director of Drug Use Initiatives on how harm reduction programs can help save lives.

Time: As the pandemic continues, the nation’s drug overdose crisis appears to be worsening.

HMS Center for Primary Care: Long before the COVID-19 pandemic, the United States faced an epidemic of drug overdose, topping half a million deaths over the last decade. COVID-19—both the virus itself and some of the strategies and policies implemented in response to it—has made the preexisting overdose crisis even more severe.