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Phoenix's Underground Needle Exchange Offers Lifeline For Opioid Users

As Arizona grapples with an opioid epidemic, a band of volunteers in Phoenix works under the radar to get those who are addicted clean syringes and medical care. They believe one of the biggest barriers to curbing the death toll is stigma and isolation.


Will Stone was a senior field correspondent at KJZZ from 2015 to 2019.