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- December 2009
The costs of untreated addiction to the U.S. health care system are astonishing and growing; with treatment those costs can be dramatically reduced. Treating addiction yields significant, proven positive economic and health benefits.
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Harm Reduction
Every Overdose Death Is a Policy Failure
The U.S. state of Maine has seen tremendous reductions in overdose deaths, exceeding the national average. This reduction in overdose deaths is the direct result of decades of advocacy and strong policy reforms.
Harm Reduction for All
A Lifesaving Loan: A New Investment to Help Curb the U.S. Overdose Crisis
For over a decade, the small Remedy Alliance nonprofit has revolutionized providing lifesaving healthcare for people who use drugs. Our new investment will help the group increase access to the overdose antidote naloxone.
Drug Policy
Three Decades of Drug Policy Reform Work
Over the past 30 years, Open Society has been the largest philanthropic supporter of efforts to reform drug policy and promote harm reduction around the world. This is a timeline of the Foundations’ pathbreaking work.