March 26, 2025
Leveraging the ORS Team Slides
Type: Training/Webinar
The policy landscape for naloxone distribution in four states highly impacted by fatal opioid overdoses
Policies varied between four states highly impacted by opioid overdose fatalities. Policies were dynamic and moved towards greater naloxone access. These four states have developed innovative but different policy responses. Naloxone research and practice should consider the policy landscape of a state.
School Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm.
This four-part webinar series is designed to provide state and local decision makers, government agencies, public health practitioners, and community members with insight into tools and resources for selecting, adopting, and implementing policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm.
Healthcare Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm.
This four-part webinar series is designed to provide state and local decision makers, government agencies, public health practitioners, and community members with insight into tools and resources for selecting, adopting, and implementing policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm.
Criminal & Legal Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm.
This four-part webinar series is designed to provide state and local decision makers, government agencies, public health practitioners, and community members with insight into tools and resources for selecting, adopting, and implementing policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm.
Community Policies to Reduce Overdose and Other Drug-related Harm.
This four-part webinar series is designed to provide state and local decision makers, government agencies, public health practitioners, and community members with insight into tools and resources for selecting, adopting, and implementing policies to reduce overdose and other drug-related harm.
Maia Szalavitz, Guest Essay, New York Times – Do Safe Injection Sites Increase Crime? There’s Finally an Answer
The new data, published in JAMA Network Open, should ease fears surrounding overdose prevention centers and related policies like drug decriminalization and the provision of clean needles and overdose antidotes — all of which treat addiction as a health issue, not a crime. Politicians need to stop buying into misinformation that is being used to spur a backlash against harm reduction and instead use data to guide policy.
NC Health News article – NC experts explain how safe smoking kits reduce harm from drug use
Following the outrage over federal funding for “crack pipes,” we wanted to know: what are the benefits of providing supplies for safer drug use? Turns out there are many, but state and federal restrictions make it hard for those benefits to reach the public.
