How Heroin Is Solving The Organ Donation Shortage

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 Justin Caba
May 03, 2016

How Heroin Is Solving The Organ Donation Shortage

America’s heroin epidemic is an unprecedented tragedy that continues to affect people of all walks of life. Yet, in a morbid twist of fate, it has also positively impacted another problem within the United States health care system: an ever-growing need for organ donors. As the number of people who have lost their lives from heroin…

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