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Albany trials 'street psychiatry' program, giving homeless New Yorkers prescriptions on the spot

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“We’re going to give them their prescription right there, right on the street to go get filled,” a county representative said.
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City trials 'street psychiatry' program, giving homeless people prescriptions on the spot

“We’re going to give them their prescription right there, right on the street to go get filled,” a county representative said.
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