Bear With Me: Harm Reduction Coalition

About this episode

The episode discusses Providence's innovative approach to drug policy, focusing on its new overdose prevention center.

Welcome to Bear With Me, a new interview show on politics from The Brown Daily Herald newsroom. I’m your host, Evan Tao. This first episode is about drugs. Providence is becoming an innovator in the realm of drug policy. This past year, it opened the first overdose prevention center in the United States outside of New York. It represents something of a revolution in drug policy. Instead of aggressively policing drug use, instead of passively letting it take place on the street, what if ...

People in this episode

Host: Evan Tao

Topics covered

• drug policy
• harm reduction
• overdose prevention
• interview
• politics

Keywords

• drug policy
• harm reduction
• overdose prevention center
• Providence
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Harm Reduction Coalition

Places: Providence, United States, New York

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