Supervised injection facilities (SIFs) are increasingly being discussed in the United States as a way to reduce overdose deaths in the opioid epidemic. Here are five viewpoints on SIFs as a harm reduction strategy.
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Julie Gerberding (Former CDC Director) and Mary Woolley (President of Research!America) discuss how to make health reform a priority in 2017, with America’s infrastructure as a possible point of consensus.
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We asked a few more people to weigh in on whether marijuana should be legalized in Massachusetts for recreational use. Here’s what Sen. Lewis, Dr. Sharon Levy, and veteran Stephen Mandile had to say.
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Warren Kaplan and Alan Sager discuss why pharmaceutical prices are so high and what can be done to bring them down. This includes a look at Califoria’s vote this Tuesday on Proposition 61 which would regulate prescription drug prices so that state agencies pay no more than the VA.
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On November 8th Massachusetts voters will decide whether to legalize marijuana for recreational use. Jim Borghesani and Dr. James Gessner explain why they support or oppose question 4. If approved, it would be legal in Massachusetts to possess up to 1 ounce of marijuana in public and up to 10 ounces at home, as well as up
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