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  • - 16 Apr, 2025

    Policy Analysis: Portable Spectrometers: Improving Public Health Responses to Drug Trends by Partnering with Law Enforcement

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  • - 05 Mar, 2025

    Finding Opportunities to Save Lives With Overdose Fatality Review Teams (Podcast)

  • - 10 Feb, 2025

    If Opioid Prescriptions Are Down, Why Are Overdose Deaths Still So High? (Podcast)

  • - 10 Feb, 2025

    The Rise of Xylazine Shows Why Local Data Must Inform Policy and Spending Decisions

  • - 10 Feb, 2025

    Beyond Fentanyl Test Strips: The Need to Decriminalize All Drug Checking Equipment in Tennessee

  • - 10 Feb, 2025

    Jefferson County Awarded for Their Spending Model

  • - 12 Feb, 2025

    “Has fentanyl peaked?” is the wrong question.

  • - 12 Feb, 2025

    Nashville’s Overdose Co-Response Unit Brings Harm Reduction to Law Enforcement (Podcast)

  • - 12 Feb, 2025

    New Policy Brief: What is the Risk of “Captagon” and Other Pill-Pressed Stimulants in Tennessee?

  • - 14 Feb, 2025

    Decoding Autopsies: What Medical Examiners See That Others Miss (Podcast)

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