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SOURCES:
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Filter: “NY Bill to Expand Safe Consumption Sites Advances, With Time Short.”
Gothamist: “After Years Of Delay, NYC Opens First Supervised Injection Sites In US To Fight Opioid Overdoses.”
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NPR: “What’s The Evidence That Supervised Drug Injection Sites Save Lives?”
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The Washington Post: “U.S. surpasses record 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021.”
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