"We cannot arrest our way out of a public health epidemic. Instead, we need positive change that allows people to live safely and securely without resorting to dealing drugs, and we need policies that help rather than punish those suffering from the disease of addiction." MSW Foundation student Paris Bienert wrote a letter to the editor for the Baltimore Sun in response to Trump's newly announced plan to combat the opioid crisis: www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-rr-opioid-trump-letter-20180321-story.html
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