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. 2023 Aug 10:14:1197305.
doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1197305. eCollection 2023.

Opioid harm reduction and stigma: proposed methods to improve the perception of people with addiction

Enrique López-Ramírez  1 , Mary J Huber  2 , Diana Matías-Pérez  1   3 , Gonzalo Santos-López  4 , Iván Antonio García-Montalvo  1   3
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Opioid harm reduction and stigma: proposed methods to improve the perception of people with addiction

Enrique López-Ramírez et al. Front Psychiatry. .
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Keywords: addiction; harm reduction; public drug policies; stigma; violence.

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The authors declare that the research was conducted in the absence of any commercial or financial relationships that could be construed as a potential conflict of interest.

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