WTOP: DC announces plan to turn tide on city’s opioid epidemic
WASHINGTON — Like many cities, D.C. has seen a big spike in the number of opioid overdose deaths over the past several years.
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Washington Post: In long-awaited plan, D.C. aims to reduce opioid deaths by half by late 2020
The District on Monday announced a plan aimed at cutting opioid-related deaths by half over the next 21 months, using a long list of treatment, tracking and education initiatives.
Mayor Bowser Releases District’s Plan to End Opioid Epidemic
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December 24, 2018
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LaToya Foster (EOM)
Jasmine Gossett (DBH)
Mayor Bowser Releases District’s Plan to End Opioid Epidemic
(WASHINGTON, DC) – Today, Mayor Muriel Bowser and the DC Department…
Washington Post: Falling Out: D.C. officials ignored life-saving strategies while African American…
For the past four years, the nation's capital has undergone its worst public-health crisis since the arrival of AIDS: an explosion of fatal drug overdoses among African Americans.