Minnesota just approved harm reduction health centers. Advocates hope Maine is next
Last month, Minnesota became the second state in the country to permit harm reduction health centers, also known as safe injection sites. In Maine, recovery advocates are calling on state lawmakers to follow Minnesota’s lead and save lives by allowing harm reduction health centers to be established here. The legislation in Minnesota makes that state…
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