Douglas County is taking steps to prevent drug overdose related deaths with a new program, the Douglas County Overdose...
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50 State Telehealth Report Shows Slowing Reform Progress: But Idaho, Louisiana & Utah Stand Out
/ USAIn 2023, state legislative progress on reforming telehealth laws stalled, with a few exceptions. Even as many public health...
The legislature could alter existing law to allow certain entities to offer sterile needles to drug users The proposed...
Tennessee lawmaker files bill to import medicine from Canada to cut taxpayers’ cost
/ Tennessee, USAA Tennessee lawmakerhas filed legislation that would establish a Canadian drug importation program in Tennessee. Sen. London Lamar, D-Memphis,...
Massachusetts, other states make moves to legalize indicators of contamination by potent, deadly synthetic opioid The Massachusetts state Senate voted...
A bipartisan group of lawmakers is asking federal regulators to take action on an over-the-counter substance known as “gas...
CA: California Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D. Announces Legislation Banning the Sale of “Gas Station Heroin”
/ California, USAOn Wednesday, Assemblymember Akilah Weber, M.D. (D-La Mesa) announced her intention to introduce a bill to ban the sale...
US: The Legal Status of Safe Consumption Sites
/ California, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, USAAs the opioid crisis continues to ravage the United States, nonprofits, city and state governments have turned to untraditional...
NJ: Governor Murphy Signs Legislation to Expand Access to Crucial Harm Reduction Supplies
/ New Jersey, USAGovernor Phil Murphy today signed legislation (S3957) to expand access to life-saving harm reduction supplies, building on the Administration’s...
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