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More People Die of Overdoses After Cops Seize Drugs: Study (www.vice.com)

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[–] toomanyjoints69@lemmygrad.ml 1 points 1 year ago

Anyone who knows addicts could tell you that.

[–] automaton@lemmy.world 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

If you take somebody's drugs from them and they have to go find a new supply, they are not able to dose themselves at all on that new supply and their overdose risk increases dramatically

Bradley Ray, lead study author