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Federal official addresses harm reduction in West Virginia during virtual symposium By
March 17, 2021 - 10:59 am
CHARLESTON, W.Va. “Unfortunate” was how the acting assistant secretary for mental health and substance use in the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, SAMHSA, described attempts in West Virginia to regulate harm reduction programs.
“Someone can’t get into recovery if they’re dead,” said Tom Coderre during his closing comments at Wednesday’s virtual and inaugural Reducing Risk in Higher Education Symposium.
Tom Coderre
“We need to meet people where they are. We need to give them the help that they need and we need to look at those things as important interventions to help connect people to treatment.”