Opinion: Time to stop scapegoating overdose prevention sites
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Opinion: Time to stop scapegoating overdose prevention sites
Thomas Kerr and M-J Milloy: Conflating OPS with public disorder can be easy pickings for policymakers because these facilities are typically in areas where homelessness is evident and public consumption of drugs is already occurring.
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By Thomas Kerr, M-J Milloy
Published May 14, 2026
Last updated May 14, 2026
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