Opioid Related Public Health Emergency Declarations

Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Network for Public Health Law. 08/10/2017 This 17-page primer provides an overview of the emergency declarations related to opioid use in the U.S., beginning with the August 10, 2017, declaration of national emergency. The primer provides a visual snapshot and synopses of state- and tribal-based emergency declarations across the U.S. based on currently available information. An accompanying three-page fact sheet provides a brief summary of the emergency declarations related to opioid use in six states. (PDF)

Source: Disaster Lit: Resource Guide for Disaster Medicine and Public Health - August 12, 2017 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Authors: The U.S. National Library of Medicine Source Type: news