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If you're working to implement supervised consumption sites in your community, our latest project is an Oppisition Response Guide based on the latest research and evidence: …6-4733-81d9-1157ea24c80e.filesusr.com/ugd/3bbb1a_ff2…

"Drug courts are part of a failed system that presumes we can “punish” our way out of addiction," write Professor Leo Beletsky and his co-author Miriam Krinsky in an op-ed for The Crime Report. Center for Health Policy and Law @NUexperts The Action Lab at Northeastern University. bit.ly/3kVxgaI

Fact Check: A person can’t overdose from fentanyl just by being in its presence, toxicology experts explain following online speculation reut.rs/3sanqFF

Experts say you’re highly unlikely to OD on fentanyl just by being near the drug, after a misleading video claimed that happened to a San Diego County sheriff’s deputy. Now, the sheriff acknowledges that he, not a doctor, concluded it was an overdose. apne.ws/Hy50UOA

Most people go to college and stay for about four years. But not Katie McCreedy. By the time she’s done, she’ll have spent 8 years at Northeastern U. – all within the Bouvé College of Health Sciences. Read more about her journey: ow.ly/zA8z50Ji660 #NUBouve Katie McCreedy

Join Center for Health Policy and Law for the 2023 Health Law Conference on April 14! Dr. Prof Peter Hotez MD PhD DSc(hon), an internationally recognized physician-scientist in neglected tropical diseases & vaccine development is the keynote speaker. Check out the incredible line-up of speakers: law.northeastern.edu/event/health-l…

Survey of carceral expenditures in Mass and their colineraity w overdose trends

Says Leo Beletsky and 4 students, speaking on misinformation and involuntary commitment for substance use disorder in #HLC2023 organized by Center for Health Policy and Law: should use resources to help people who want treatment have access. Involuntary commitment is inherently flawed.

Says Leo Beletsky and 4 students, speaking on misinformation and involuntary commitment for substance use disorder in #HLC2023 organized by Center for Health Policy and Law: Most article encourage involuntary incarceration without addressing concerns - this is misinformation!

🚨Farewell to Martin Iguchi🚨 A social justice research luminary and true mensch, gone too soon w/ Ricky N. Bluthenthal Beau Kilmer Rosalie Liccardo Pacula Rosanna Smart Katie McCreedy via APA Journals

There was a 165% increase in overdose deaths last year in Worcester. Every overdose is preventable. A recent visit to OnPoint NYC made clear that overdose prevention centers save lives. MA should establish such centers in our state. #MA4OPC telegram.com/story/news/loc…

New research from the lab on "The Other Infodemic: Media Misinformation about Involuntary Commitment for Substance Use” was published today in @JAM_ASAM by Sunyou Kang, Katie McCreedy, John Messinger, Rahul B (@[email protected]), and Leo Beletsky: journals.lww.com/journaladdicti…

And just like that the 2023 CAUSALab courses come to an end. What an incredible two weeks it has been! Pictured below are some of our amazing participants, instructors, and fellows of TTE and CICI who made this week memorable. We appreciate all of you 👏

At CAUSALab, we want to help as many people learn about #causalinference. This is the reason why we offer student tuition waivers for our Summer Courses in Causal Inference. In 2023, we granted 48 tuition waivers. Congrats to our hard-working & talented recipients!

TODAY at 11 a.m. - Medical providers, public health experts, and people directly impacted by the opioid epidemic will testify in strong support of H.1981 | S.1242. Where: Massachusetts State House, Gardner Auditorium Watch live: malegislature.gov/Events/Hearing…

Join us for our first event in "The Diagnosis of Incarceration" speaker series on Wed., 9/18 from 4:30-5:45 PM! bit.ly/HKSCarceralHea… We're delighted to welcome Leo Beletsky & Katie McCreedy of The Action Lab at Northeastern University at Northeastern U. and @ewidra of Prison Policy Initiative to kickstart the series.

The Action Lab’s Katie McCreedy was interviewed in “Maylia and Jack: A Story of Teens and Fentanyl,” a powerful look into the system’s incapacity to adequately address minors selling or using drugs. propublica.org/article/teens-…

“How can young people in media stories be simultaneously assumed to know nothing about how deadly the drugs are and also held accountable for homicide?” -- Katie McCreedy

“How can young people in media stories be simultaneously assumed to know nothing about how deadly the drugs are and also held accountable for homicide?” —Katie McCreedy, a Northeastern University PhD researcher on these cases propublica.org/article/teens-… Sharing with Incorrigibles

Nearly half of US states grant law enforcement access to testosterone prescription data within Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMPs) without warrant or subpoena, raising privacy and civil liberties concerns. Read the Research Letter. ja.ma/3NKNhQ1