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New Legal Advocacy Hub Protects People Who Use Drugs Against Illegal Discrimination in Health Care, Employment, Housing

People who use drugs or alcohol face discrimination in employment, health and housing. A new portal, Legal Help for People Who Use(d) Drugs, is helping fight this.

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As Overdose Death Disparities Persist in New Jersey, Nearly $470,000 in New Grants Strengthen Organizations Addressing Racial Inequity and Promoting Harm Reduction 

The community-based projects will focus on advancing racial equity and harm reduction throughout the state of New Jersey and will address racial harms caused by punitive policies and systems that target people of color.

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New North Carolina Initiatives Tackle Illegal Discrimination Against People with Substance Use Disabilities in Health Care Settings and Jails

Two initiatives will protect the right to healthcare and other supportive services for North Carolinians with substance use disabilities, including access to agonist medications for opioid use disorder (MOUD) in jails across the state.

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New Kentucky Initiative Will Tackle Discrimination in Health Care Settings Against People Who Use Drugs

Vital Strategies Overdose Prevention Program and the Kentucky Equal Justice Center (KEJC) have launched a new initiative to protect the right to health care and other supportive services for Kentuckians with substance use disorder (SUD) or who use drugs.

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The Instrumental Role of Strategic Communication to Counter Industry Marketing Responses to Sugary Drink Taxes; Comment on “Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019”

This commentary reflects on recent experiences of the sugary drinks industry's marketing responses to taxes instituted to reduce the consumption of sugary drinks. It presents evidence that strategic communication can play an instrumental role in protecting strong taxes from industry responses.

Technical Guides

Basic Drug Use Epidemiology Guide

The Epidemiology Guide provides an overview of key overdose and substance-use indicators; key data investigation questions; suggestions on how to secure, analyze, and stratify data; possible data sources; examples; and references.

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A Snapshot of Medication Diversion Among 6 Jails Expanding Access to Agonist Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Pennsylvania

This snapshot looks at the reported incidence of diversion, assault, and conduct citations at the six jails in Pennsylvania that together provided buprenorphine to more than 1,000 individuals over an 18 month period through this state-funded grant program.

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Impacts of Air Pollution on Health and Cost of Illness in Jakarta, Indonesia

This study aimed to quantify the health and economic impacts of air pollution—fine particulate matter (PM2.5) and ground-level Ozone (O3), which exceeded the local and global ambient air quality standards—in Jakarta Province, the capital of Indonesia.

A Time to Reset the Conversation around Alcohol: Q&A with Jacqui Drope

Jacqui Drope, Director of RESET Alcohol, discusses the shift from tobacco to alcohol control work, and the parallels between the two.

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New Research Report on Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Law

The report draws from an 18-month process evaluation which began soon after DATRA went into effect. The research team surveyed and interviewed key decision makers from Oregon involved in policymaking, governing, and the criminal legal system about implementing the law.

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New Legal Advocacy Hub Protects People Who Use Drugs Against Illegal Discrimination in Health Care, Employment, Housing

As Overdose Death Disparities Persist in New Jersey, Nearly $470,000 in New Grants Strengthen Organizations Addressing Racial Inequity and Promoting Harm Reduction

New North Carolina Initiatives Tackle Illegal Discrimination Against People with Substance Use Disabilities in Health Care Settings and Jails

New Kentucky Initiative Will Tackle Discrimination in Health Care Settings Against People Who Use Drugs

The Instrumental Role of Strategic Communication to Counter Industry Marketing Responses to Sugary Drink Taxes; Comment on “Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019”

Basic Drug Use Epidemiology Guide

A Snapshot of Medication Diversion Among 6 Jails Expanding Access to Agonist Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Pennsylvania

Impacts of Air Pollution on Health and Cost of Illness in Jakarta, Indonesia

A Time to Reset the Conversation around Alcohol: Q&A with Jacqui Drope

New Research Report on Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Law

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New Legal Advocacy Hub Protects People Who Use Drugs Against Illegal Discrimination in Health Care, Employment, Housing

As Overdose Death Disparities Persist in New Jersey, Nearly $470,000 in New Grants Strengthen Organizations Addressing Racial Inequity and Promoting Harm Reduction

New North Carolina Initiatives Tackle Illegal Discrimination Against People with Substance Use Disabilities in Health Care Settings and Jails

New Kentucky Initiative Will Tackle Discrimination in Health Care Settings Against People Who Use Drugs

The Instrumental Role of Strategic Communication to Counter Industry Marketing Responses to Sugary Drink Taxes; Comment on “Understanding Marketing Responses to a Tax on Sugary Drinks: A Qualitative Interview Study in the United Kingdom, 2019”

Basic Drug Use Epidemiology Guide

A Snapshot of Medication Diversion Among 6 Jails Expanding Access to Agonist Medications for Opioid Use Disorder (MOUD) in Pennsylvania

Impacts of Air Pollution on Health and Cost of Illness in Jakarta, Indonesia

A Time to Reset the Conversation around Alcohol: Q&A with Jacqui Drope

New Research Report on Oregon’s Drug Decriminalization Law

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