With national data on drug overdoses lacking, University of Texas project looks to help provide a solution

Punto de Partida outreach workers Paulina Hijar, left, and Gilbert Shepherd are two of the many harm reduction workers across Texas who are starting to collect data about drug overdoses as part of a new University of Texas project. The data is used to create heat maps to see where overdoses are spiking and then target those hot spots with prevention efforts. Renuka Rayasam/KHN
By Renuka Rayasam Kaiser Health News EL PASO — Men lined up outside the Corner of Hope, a homeless resource center, eyeing free supplies on…

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