Eight Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Social Determinants of Health
A whole-person response to OUD and other substance use disorders needs a well-coordinated whole-of-government response.
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Read more: Six Opportunities to Use the Law to Support Harm Reduction Six Opportunities to Use the Law to Support Harm Reduction
Shovel-ready actions that could be taken to support the harm reduction response to the opioid crisis.
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Read more: Seven Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Drug Policing Seven Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Drug Policing
Shovel-ready actions that could be taken to reimagine drug policing response to the opioid crisis.
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Read more: Five Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Persistent OUD Treatment Gaps Five Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Persistent OUD Treatment Gaps
Highlighting legal opportunities to facilitate access to opioid use disorder (OUD) treatment.
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Read more: When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good When Crafting Public Health Policy, the Perfect Shouldn’t Be the Enemy of the Good
We live in a non-ideal world and public health interventions must be designed and implemented with such imperfections in mind.
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Read more: To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response To Promote Health Equity, States Must Restrict Police Intervention in Mobile Crisis Response
The implementation of 988, a national mental health crisis hotline, should center non-police responses to behavioral health emergencies.
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Read more: The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises The Case for Non-Police Response to Behavioral Health Crises
Despite being both feasible and effective, alternatives to police intervention for behavioral health crises remain the exception, rather than the rule.
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Read more: How Supervised Injection Sites Can Help Address the Overdose Crisis How Supervised Injection Sites Can Help Address the Overdose Crisis
To save lives and improve individual and community outcomes, supervised injection sites should be part of the response to the opioid epidemic.
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Read more: During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Opioid Epidemic Continues During the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Opioid Epidemic Continues
Between the opioid crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, America now suffers from a surplus of needless, untimely deaths.
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Read more: E-Cigarette Laws that Work for Everyone E-Cigarette Laws that Work for Everyone
By Daniel Aaron The Trump Administration has retreated from proposed tobacco regulations that experts generally agree would benefit public health. The regulations would have included a ban on flavored e-cigarettes, a favorite of children who use e-cigarettes. Currently millions of youth are estimated to be addicted to e-cigarettes. The rules also could have reduced nicotine…
