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Millions meant to battle Utah’s opioid epidemic are going unused – including in Davis, Weber counties
Editor's note: The following story was reported by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project in partnership with the Standard-Examiner. The opioid epidemic has had a profound toll on social worker Mindy Vincent. First, she buried her sister, who died from an opioid overdose in 2014. During the next decade, over 40 of her clients would die from the epidemic. Those tragedies have fueled her professional legacy, including founding Utah Harm Reduction Coalition, a nonprofit whose services include substance misuse treatment and syringe exchanges. Lately, though, those tragedies have ...
