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Can Arizona Reverse Current Drug Overdose Epidemic?

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Arizona has a serious problem with drug overdose deaths to the extent that the state department of health services is calling it an epidemic.

Can the state reverse that momentum? If so, how? Sheila Sjolander, assistant director for Public Health Prevention Services at ADHS, spoke about that.

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