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Originally Posted by Caged Great
The amount of deaths from ODing dropped by a net of 26% in the area that the first clinic opened. That is making a difference. Plus the staff there isn't just handing out needles and saying go to it, they are informing them of treatment options that are available if they want to break away from the addiction. Knowing that there is assistance out there if you're wanting to make a change is as important as having safe needles to use.
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Anyone have any stats on the number or % of people using the safe injection clinics that actually cleaned up? That would go a long way to convincing me of their value.