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Fact Sheet: Declared States of Emergency - Opioid Crisis
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High rates of morbidity and mortality among Americans related to opioid use constitute a public health epidemic, leading multiple jurisdictions to declare formal states of emergency or public health emergency. Declaring a state of emergency grants… read more… information. For more information about the resource, visit … information. For more information about the resource, visit … -
Fact Sheet: Indian Health Service and Military Medical Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Requirements
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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) can help clinicians improve decisions regarding opioid prescribing. However, since state laws and regulations governing access to these systems often apply only to providers licensed in the states in… read more… in which the PDMP is located, and many federal health care workers are not so licensed, many federal providers are … sheet outlines the policies of the three federal health care institutions with regard to the use of PDMPs when … in which the PDMP is located, and many federal health care workers are not so licensed, many federal providers are … -
Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality: Naloxone Access and Overdose Good Samaritan Laws
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This resource, developed by the Network for Public Health Law and released on June 8, 2017, summarizes state naloxone access and Good Samaritan laws. Background "Fatal drug overdose has increased more than six-fold in the past… read more… of the drug naloxone and the provision of emergency care. Access to naloxone and emergency treatment, however, … amended those laws to increase access to emergency care for opiate overdose." For more information about the … of the drug naloxone and the provision of emergency care. Access to naloxone and emergency treatment, however, … -
Fact Sheet: Legal Interventions to Increase Access to Naloxone in Indiana
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Drug overdose claimed the lives of more than 63,000 Americans in 2016. The majority of these deaths, over 42,000, involved opioids such as heroin, prescription painkillers, and, increasingly, illicitly manufactured fentanyl. Indiana is not… read more… drug naloxone and the provision of related emergency care. Unfortunately, in many cases overdose bystanders do … drug naloxone and the provision of related emergency care. Unfortunately, in many cases overdose bystanders do …