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What are the benefits of overdose prevention services?
Overdose prevention services are part of a multifaceted public health approach to combating the opioid crisis. Extensive research has demonstrated the benefits of overdose prevention services for people who use drugs and the communities where drug use occurs.[13],[14],[15],[16]
Overdose prevention services:
SAVE LIVES by reducing the number of fatal drug overdoses through education on safer use practices, overdose prevention, and intervention.
REDUCE THE SPREAD OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES such as HIV and hepatitis C among people who use drugs by providing and requiring the use of provided sterile consumption supplies.
CONNECT PEOPLE who use drugs with other health, treatment, and social services.
CREATE A SAFER COMMUNITY by reducing drug use in public spaces and publicly discarded paraphernalia.