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aimed at curbing overdose deaths — which now exceed over 100,000 deaths a year — that focuses on expanding harm reduction services and access to treatment. Biden’s plan also pledged to target drug trafficking organizations and “reduce the supply” of illicit drugs in the U.S.
That’s a category that includes Pennsylvania. While major cities like Philadelphia and Pittsburgh have long pioneered harm reduction strategies, but state laws technically forbid syringe services programs like Prevention Point Philadelphia, one of the oldest and largest in the country, from operating.
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