New Data on Drug Overdose Law

November 22, 2013November 22, 2013 Temple University Center for Public Health Law Research Criminal Law, Doctor-Patient Relationship, Empirical, Health Law Policy, Public Health, Public Health Law Research, Scott Burris

By Scott Burris

Working with Corey Davis of the Network for Public Health Law, PHLR has completed and posted updated longitudinal datasets of state laws authorizing naloxone distribution and creating “Good Samaritan” immunity for callers reporting a drug overdose to 911. Take a look at www.lawatlas.org.

On the theory that an image beats a few hundred words, here’s a report on the state of the law:

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Based at the Temple University Beasley School of Law, the Center for Public Health Law Research supports the widespread adoption of scientific tools and methods for mapping and evaluating the impact of law on health. It works by developing and teaching public health law research and legal epidemiology methods (including legal mapping and policy surveillance); researching laws and policies that improve health, increase access to care, and create or remove barriers to health (e.g., laws or policies that create or remove inequity); and communicating and disseminating evidence to facilitate innovation.