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Medical Student–Led Initiative to Incorporate Harm Reduction into Medical School Curriculum

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  1. David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Tucker Avra & Jack Fukushima

  2. CLARE Matrix, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Amanda Cowan

  3. Center for Social Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

    Joseph Friedman

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Avra, T., Cowan, A., Fukushima, J. et al. Medical Student–Led Initiative to Incorporate Harm Reduction into Medical School Curriculum. Acad Psychiatry 47, 698–699 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40596-023-01768-8

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