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Seven Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Drug Policing

Bill of Health

1525, 118th Congress (2023-2024), to change the burden of proof to “clear and convincing” evidence and reduce numerous abuses commonly associated with drug arrests. Sterling Johnson, JD, MA is a Research Analyst at the Center for Public Health Law Research at Temple University Beasley School of Law and a Ph.D.

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A European Cancer Survivors’ Right to be Forgotten?

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Italy is expected to pass a law to establish the right before the end of 2024. The plan is to finalize the code by early 2024. This right is now explicitly recognized in 8 out of 27 Member States (Belgium, France , Ireland , Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, and Spain).

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How Will the “New” Health Economy Fare in a Macro-Economic Downturn?

Health Populi

These are shown in the first diagram from the report, breaking out factors that have exacerbated challenges on both the demand and supply side of the American health economy. Many of these were already in motion before the COVID-19 pandemic emerged; the public health crisis exacerbated several of them. In the U.S.,

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Five Opportunities to Use the Law to Address Persistent OUD Treatment Gaps 

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health care system, but that are especially present for behavioral health needs like substance use, and are exacerbated by other challenges related to stigma, lack of employment, and fragmented or nonexistent care coordination. This reality reflects structural, policy, and legal misalignments common to the entire U.S.

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Health Provider News

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workers to be hit by biotech’s latest layoffs Maryland hospital systems differ over medical waste incinerator’s violations UMMC doctors will decide whether to unionize in a vote next month With $300K, Johns Hopkins team to create drug supply dashboard Maryland Hospital Cleared for $3.25 healthcare workforce finds lack of diversity St.