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December 19, 2024 | Legal & Legislative Research

Many states have enacted involuntary commitment laws for those suffering from alcoholism and/or substance use disorders (SUDs). In order to protect an individual’s civil rights, each state ensures that the committed person receives due process by providing the person the right to an attorney during the commitment process. This summary highlights provisions of of state involuntary commitment laws....

November 8, 2023 | Model Laws, Recovery

The Model Recovery-ready Workplaces Act establishes a program by which employers can become recovery-ready participants or certified as recovery-ready workplaces. Examples of recovery-ready policies may include (1) establishing a culture that values a healthy work environment; (2) encouraging the hiring of qualified people in recovery; and (3) eliminating barriers for employees seeking treatment....

March 25, 2020 | Model Laws

The Model Overdose Mapping and Response Act is designed for policymakers to use in developing statewide legislation addressing overdose incident reporting. The model act requires a jurisdiction to create an overdose mapping and response system using the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program (ODMAP) where all law enforcement officers, other first responders, medical examiners, and coroners must report certain information about a confirmed or suspected overdose incident within 24 hours. ...

January 6, 2020 | Case Law Monitor

Each issue of Case Law Monitor highlights unique cases from around the United States in the areas of public health and safety, substance use disorder, and the criminal justice system. Every other month, LAPPA updates readers on cases that are important to the field....

October 18, 2019 | Fact Sheets

In August 2019, the RAND Corporation (RAND) published an extensive, 265 page report on fentanyl entitled, The Future of Fentanyl and Other Synthetic Opioids (the Report). Considering the importance of the Report, the Legislative Analysis and Public Policy Association (LAPPA) designed this Fact Sheet to assist policymakers’ understanding of the Report by distilling key aspects into readily digestible paragraphs....

October 8, 2019 | Innovative Initiatives, Treatments

Started in 2003, Project ECHO (Extension for Community Healthcare Outcomes) combines primary and specialty care, linking “expert specialty teams” from an academic hub with primary care physicians (PCPs) in local, often rural, communities. This distance education model enables specialists to train and mentor PCPs to care for patients with complex health conditions....

October 8, 2019 | Marijuana, Reports & Studies

Every year since 2013 the Rocky Mountain High Intensity Drug Trafficking Area (RMHIDTA) has published an annual report that tracks the overall impact of the legalization of recreational marijuana in the state of Colorado.  The stated purpose of these reports is to provide data that informs policy makers as they make decisions about marijuana legalization....

October 8, 2019 | Marijuana, Reports & Studies

The co-authors of this recently released study used opioid mortality data obtained from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to compare opioid death rate trends in each marijuana-legalizing state and the District of Columbia prior to and after medicinal and recreational legalization implementation with associated trends in non-legalizing states. 78% of legalizing jurisdictions showed a statistically significant acceleration of opioid death rates after legalization implementation at greater rates than the pre-legalization rate or the concurrent rate in non-legalizing states....