Emergency Legal Authority and the Opioid Crisis

Six U.S. states have declared their opioid-overdose situation an emergency. Though the scope of these declarations has been limited, they could suggest additional responses to multiple facets of the crisis, especially if emergency powers are used in innovative ways.

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Published inThe New England journal of medicine Vol. 377; no. 26; pp. 2512 - 2514
Main Authors Rutkow, Lainie, Vernick, Jon S
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published United States Massachusetts Medical Society 28.12.2017
Subjects
Addictions
Analgesics, Opioid - poisoning
Drug and Narcotic Control - legislation & jurisprudence
Drug Overdose - epidemiology
Drug Overdose - mortality
Drug Overdose - prevention & control
Epidemics
Exigent circumstances
Federal Government
Health Policy - legislation & jurisprudence
Humans
Narcotics
Opioids
Overdose
Prescription drugs
Public health
State Government
United States - epidemiology
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Summary:Six U.S. states have declared their opioid-overdose situation an emergency. Though the scope of these declarations has been limited, they could suggest additional responses to multiple facets of the crisis, especially if emergency powers are used in innovative ways.
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ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMp1710862