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Baltimores harm reduction model offers potentially life-saving services to opioid users, without requiring abstinence in return.

A mobile clinic in Baltimore is expanding access to buprenorphine, a medication that treats opioid use disorder by reducing cravings and withdrawal symptoms.

Advocates say that a harm reduction model acknowledges the importance of keeping people alive while they confront the enormous challenges associated with recovery. Critics argue it enables illegal activity.

BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing accident that left him with chronic pain and a raging opioid addiction several years after he returned home from serving in the Marine

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BALTIMORE (AP) — Anthony Kelly trudged through southwest Baltimore, each labored footstep a reminder of the roofing accident that left him with chronic pain and…

The Baltimore clinic represents a shift in the country's approach to stemming overdose deaths, which surged during the pandemic

The Baltimore clinic represents a shift in the country's approach to stemming overdose deaths, which surged during the pandemic

The Baltimore clinic represents a shift in the country's approach to stemming overdose deaths, which surged during the pandemic

The so-called harm reduction model, which has received endorsement and funding from the Biden administration, offers potentially life-saving services to opioid users, without requiring abstinence in return.