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Quick Clip: Is EMS losing the war on drugs?

Our co-hosts look at a Boston nonprofit organization offering heroin users a “safe room” to ride out their high under medical supervision

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In this week’s Quick Clip, co-hosts Chris Cebollero and Kelly Grayson comment on a Boston nonprofit organization planning to address the city’s heroin epidemic. The program will open a room with a nurse and basic life-saving equipment — a place where heroin users can ride out their high under medical supervision.

As a result, Chris and Kelly ask: are we losing the war on drugs? And will this fix the drug epidemic? Share your thoughts in the comment section below.

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