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Saving Lives to Save Us All: Passing the MAT Act

by Ellen Glover | Jan 5, 2023 | Biden, Blog, Featured

I want you to meet Ronnie “Pony” Morris. He is a street canvasser for People’s Action’s youngest member group, VOCAL-KY, changing hearts and minds in his hometown of Louisville about how to save lives from overdose with medication assisted treatment and harm...

50 Years Later, End the War on Drugs

by Ellen Glover | Jun 17, 2021 | Blog, Featured, overdose crisis

Fifty years ago, on June 17, 1971, President Richard Nixon declared a “full scale attack” on drug use. It was the beginning of the War on Drugs. Nixon — and many presidents since — promised the War on Drugs would save lives. Trillions of dollars later, incarceration...

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