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Former drug users work on the front lines of opioid crisis in Rhode Island: America Addicted
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They visit overdose victims in the hospital. They hand out lifesaving drugs on the streets and educate their peers about their own relapses. In Rhode Island, former drug addicts are the most valuable fighters on the front lines of the war against opioids. William Brangham reports as part of our series, America Addicted.
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