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Drug Diversion in Health Care Fact Sheet

WEBDrug diversion is defined as “any criminal act or deviation that removes a prescription drug from its intended path from the manufacturer to the patient.”1 While drug diversion can …

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Polypharmacy and the Elderly : Reducing the Risk of Adverse …

WEBTo reduce the risks associated with polypharmacy: (1) limit the prescribing of unnecessary medications; (2) conduct medication reviews at doctors’ appointments; (3) health care …

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Overdose Fatality Review Fact Sheet

WEBOverdose fatality review (OFR) is a powerful tool used by local governments to identify system gaps and innovative community-specific overdose prevention and intervention …

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Peer Respites as an Alternative to Hospitilization

WEBA peer respite is a voluntary, short-term, program, usually overnight, that provides communitybased, - non-clinical support to individuals experiencing, or at risk of …

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Harm Reduction/Overdose Prevention LAPPA

WEBAnna Stein works with the Chronic Disease and Injury Section of the NC Division of Public Health. She is a policy advisor in the areas of drug overdose prevention, harm …

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Drug Diversion in Health Care LAPPA

WEBThis fact sheet addresses the issue of drug diversion in health care settings. Drug diversion is defined as any criminal act or deviation that removes a prescription …

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The Intensive Recovery Treatment Support (IRTS) Program

WEBOctober 30, 2019 | Innovative Initiatives, Treatments. Launched in 2018, New Jersey’s Intensive Recovery Treatment Support (IRTS) Program is a first-in-the-nation, team …

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Medical Legal Partnerships: Helping those with Substance Use

WEBMedical Legal Partnerships: Helping those with Substance Use Disorders a FACT SHEET by the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association. Medical legal …

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Model Overdose Fatality Review Teams Act LAPPA

WEBOverdose fatality review (OFR) is a powerful tool that can be used to identify and respond to community-specific patterns related to drug overdose deaths. LAPPA’s …

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Contingency Management Fact Sheet

WEBThere are seven key aspects or principles to successful contingency management treatment: Target behavior. This is the specific, observable behavior that the patient …

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Deflection and the Deflection Pathways LAPPA

WEBDeflection is any collaborative intervention connecting law enforcement, other first responders, and community responders with public health systems to create …

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Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association www

WEBLegislative Analysis and Public Policy Association www.legislativeanalysis. Approximately 65 percent of people in U.S. prisons or jails have a substance use disorder; many of …

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Methamphetamine and Precursors: Summary of State Laws

WEBMethamphetamine and Precursors: Summary of State Laws . 4 Return to Table of Contents . average increase of about 13.2 percent per year. Additionally, methamphetamine went …

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Naloxone Access: Summary of State Laws

WEBThe results of this research project are presented in this document. Starting on page 14, LAPPA provides jurisdictionby- -jurisdiction tables describing many aspects of each …

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Naloxone Access Summary of State Laws

WEBNaloxone Access: Summary of State Laws 4 Return to Table of Contents • Naloxone in schools; • Reporting naloxone dispensing and/or administration to prescription drug …

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REGULATION OF KRATOM IN AMERICA: UPDATE

WEBKratom is an herb that is derived from a leafy Southeast Asian tree, known formally as Mitragyna speciosa. The tree is native to a number of countries, including Indonesia, …

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Law Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) – “On the Streets

WEBLaw Enforcement Against Drugs (L.E.A.D.) – “On the Streets and in the Classroom”. Established in 2014 by law enforcement and educational leaders in a small …

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Involuntary Commitment and Guardianship Laws for Those …

WEBInvoluntary Commitment: LA Rev. Stat. Ann. § 28:52.4 allows a parent, spouse, legal guardian, or a child who has attained the age of 18 of a person suffering from “a …

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