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Law enforcement agencies interested in contacting their state’s substance abuse agency can find contact information in this list. Your state’s substance abuse agency may be able to help you identify the programs and resources that are available in your local area and how these programs can be accessed.

Topic:

Collaboration

Resource Type:

Resource Document

Contributor:

Quincy Police Dept

Downloads:

Quincy Community Outreach Letter.pdf

Sample community letter discussing a partnership between the Quincy Police Department and other community partners.

Topic:

Liability

Resource Type:

Resource Document

Contributor:

The Network for Public Health Law

Downloads:

Legal Interventions to Reduce Overdose Mortality.pdf

Discusses the ways in which access to naloxone and other emergency treatment is often limited by laws and regulations that pre-date the overdose epidemic and provides an overview of Good Samaritan laws by state.

Topic:

Liability

Resource Type:

Resource Document

Contributor:

Bureau of Justice Assistance

Downloads:

Changing Law from Barrier to Facilitator of Opioid Overdose Prevention.pdf

Summarizes how encouraging the prescription and use of naloxone and the transformation of bystanders into Good Samaritans may reduce opioid overdose deaths.

Topic:

Sample Policies and Procedures

Resource Type:

Policy/Procedure

Contributor:

Norwood Police Dept

Date:

January, 2014

Downloads:

Norwood PD Policy and Procedure.pdf

A sample policy from the Norwood Police Department.

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