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Experts there point to multiple factors in the city's success at turning around their overdose rates. Those include Medicaid expansion, the dwindling presence on the streets of the powerful carfentanil, the availability of naloxone, and support for a treatment-based approach for those who are addicted. Meanwhile, nationally, private equity firms see the lucrative potential of addiction treatment centers.