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“Safer Drug Supply” Measures in Canada to Reduce the Drug Overdose Fatality Toll: Clarifying Concepts, Practices and Evidence Within a Public Health Intervention Framework
Keywords Opioid overdose; safer supply; drug death crisis; illicit opioids; fentanyl; harm reduction; overdose prevention; addiction treatment; diversion(2023)
Treating addiction with deep brain stimulation: Ethical and legal considerations
Keywords Addiction; Bioethics; Deep brain stimulation; Neuromodulation; Neuropsychiatry; Substance use; legal implications; informed consent(2023)
Addiction III: From mouse to man
Keywords Addiction; substance use disorder; opioid use disorder; alcohol use disorder; nicotine use disorder; risk factors; treatment; relapse(2023)
Amicus Curiae Brief in Support of Respondent on Review by Amicus Drug Policy Alliance
Keywords possession; possession for personal use; overdose crisis; racial disparities; drug packaging; harm reduction(2022)
Brief of Center for Law, Brain & Behavior and Neuroscientists as Amici Curiae in Support of Plaintiff-Appellant Jwainus Perry
Keywords psychological harm; physical harm; solitary confinement; prolonged isolation; chronic stress; disrupted sleep; sleep deprivation; PTSD; trauma(2022)
Ruan v. United States
Keywords Controlled Substances Act; medical practice; opioids(2022)
People v. Pacheco
Keywords California; mental health diversion; meth; schizophrenia; public safety risk; fire; court case; Pacheco; diversion denial; treatment plan(2022)
State v. Yontz
Keywords Ohio Supreme Court; Yontz; probation; Suboxone; opioid use disorder; disability rights; appealable; case vacated; medication assisted treatment; Ohio(2022)
State v. Whitaker
Keywords Ohio Supreme Court; Whitaker case; community control; drug use; prison sentence; reversed sentence; improperly imposed; return to drug use; 2022 case; Ohio case(2022)
United States v. McCloud
Keywords Federal case; McCloud ; robbery; 70 months; criminal history; substance use disorder; heroin; cocaine; Guidelines sentence; standard sentence; drug addiction(2022)
State v. Brichikov
Keywords North Carolina Supreme Court; involuntary manslaughter; jury instruction; trial judge error; new trial; 2022 case; victim drug use; heart condition; manslaughter instruction; legal case(2022)
Kellams v. State
Keywords Indiana Supreme Court; Kellams; meth; 16-year sentence; drug addiction; sentence reduction; treatment; dissent; denied transfer; substance use(2022)
Rokita v. P.A. Dep't of Corrections
Keywords Rokita; Medication-Assisted Treatment (MAT); Opioid Use Disorder (OUD); Eighth Amendment; ADA; Pennsylvania; Prison; Incarcerated; Medical Negligence(2022)
People v. Diggs
Keywords NGI; conditional release; California; Court of Appeal; Diggs; meth use; homicide; defendant; petition(2022)
SW v. SWM
Keywords Kentucky; Casey's Law; probate cause; drug treatment; unconstitutional; probable cause; court ruling; 2022; treatment orders; vacated; state case(2022)