Data can help identify trends that can better inform communities on how to reduce overdoses in their area. Jake Harper/Side Effects Public Media Overdose deaths in Indiana have reached record highs. Indiana University researchers hope to improve prevention efforts using a new federal grant.  The $5.4 million grant comes from the National Institutes of Health's Helping to End Addiction Long-term – or HEAL – Data2Action Initiative. Over the course of five years, it allows researchers to work with overdose fatality review teams in 19 Indiana counties to measure harm reduction efforts.

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