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By Lynn Arditi, The Public’s Radio, KFF Health News In Pawtucket, Rhode Island, near a storefront advertising “free” cellphones, J.R. sat in an empty back stairwell and showed a reporter how he tries to avoid overdosing when he smokes crack cocaine. KFF Health News is identifying him by his initials because he fears being arrested for using illegal drugs. It had been several hours since his last hit, and the chatty, middle-aged man’s hands moved quickly.

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  • Stimulant Users Are Caught in Fatal 'Fourth Wave' of Opioid Epidemic
    Or at least J.R. hoped it was cocaine, pure cocaine -- uncontaminated by fentanyl, a potent opioid that was linked to about 75% of all overdose deaths in Rhode Island in 2022. He flicked his lighter ...
    01/12/2025 - 4:26 pm | View Link
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