Sullins says harm reduction is key to curbing opioid crisis

In an opinion piece appearing in The Post and Courier, Josh Sullins, a student in Furman University’s Master of Science in community engaged medicine program, explains why harm reduction is the best path forward for tackling he nation’s opioid crisis. Sullins focuses on rural America and the circumstances that make substance use disorder particularly deadly such as proximity to hospitals and a lack of access to overdose-reversing naloxone. He writes, “South Carolina must act now. That means fully legalizing syringe service programs, funding mobile harm-reduction units and equipping every first responder — from police to firefighters to pastors — with naloxone. It means treating addiction as a health crisis, not a moral one.”

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