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The Lurie administration is limiting the distribution of harm reduction supplies, and otherwise appears to be pivoting from harm reduction as a key strategy for mitigating the dangers of drug addiction. Is this shift in focus reasonable? Short-sighted? On Tuesday night, in a panel of public health experts moderated by Mission Local’s managing editor, Joe Eskenazi, at Manny’s, there were no easy answers.

Behind the glass doors, an intimate crowd gathered Tuesday night to hear Eskenazi and UC San Francisco researchers Dr. Daniel Ciccarone and Dr. Nicky Mehtani