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Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turn

  • Written by Elizabeth Chiarello, Associate Professor of Sociology, Saint Louis University
Addiction treatment shrinks during the pandemic, leaving people with nowhere to turnJosh Ledesma displays safe injection supplies with outreach specialist Rachel Bolton outside the Access Drug User Health Program drop-in center in Cambridge, Massachusetts on March 31, 2020. Craig F. Walker/The Boston Globe via Getty Images

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