How can public health law support intervention in drug overdoses?
Drug overdose deaths have surpassed traffic fatalities in Washington State and 15 other states. This study will examine the legal intent, implementation and outcomes of a new Washington state law to...
View ArticleHow Does Regulating Pseudoephedrine Access Affect Methamphetamine-related...
This study will measure whether quantity restrictions, electronic tracking, or a doctor’s prescription requirement for purchases of pseudoephedrine reduce the public health costs of methamphetamine...
View ArticleHas the Federal Lead and Copper Rule Improved Public Health?
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering revisions to the Lead and Copper Rule (LCR). The revisions will help reduce the public health problems caused by unsafe or toxic...
View ArticleDefining Controlled Substances Overdose: Should Deaths from Substance Use...
Publication Date: Thursday, June 6, 2013The rate of mortality attributable to drug poisoning has risen consistently since the 1990s. State-based vital statistics registries estimate the incidence of...
View ArticlePublic Health and Law Collaboration: The Philadelphia Lead Court Study
Publication Date: Monday, July 1, 2013This study determined whether Philadelphia Lead Court is effective in enforcing lead hazard remediation in the homes of children with elevated blood lead...
View ArticlePhiladelphia’s Lead Court Is Making a Difference
The Philadelphia Lead Court (PLC) was created as an innovative law enforcement strategy to compel property owners to comply with city health codes to remediate their properties of lead hazards, which...
View ArticleAnalyzing the Impact of Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs in Reducing the...
This project will investigate the role of prescription drug monitoring programs (PDMPs) in reducing epidemic rates of prescription drug abuse.The project will build upon existing PHLR data conducting...
View ArticleResearch evaluates overdose death definitions used in statistics and suggests...
06/12/2013Mortality due to drug overdose has risen consistently in the United States since the early 1990s, according to national statistics. But new research reveals that those numbers may not be...
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