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DPA Fact Sheet 911 Good Samaritan Laws Jan2015 PDF
DPA Fact Sheet 911 Good Samaritan Laws Jan2015 PDF
DPA Fact Sheet 911 Good Samaritan Laws Jan2015 PDF
Preventing Overdose
Deaths, Saving Lives
January 2015
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(National Center for Health Statistics, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,
2014); Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), "Prescription Drug
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http://www.cdc.gov/homeandrecreationalsafety/overdose/facts.html.
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United States, 2010," JAMA 309, no. 7 (2013); Center for Disease Control and
and Response," Drug and Alcohol Dependence 133, no. 2 (2013); Banta-Green et
Prevention (CDC), "Prescription Drug Overdose in the United States: Fact Sheet".
al., "Police Officers' and Paramedics' Experiences with Overdose and Their
2010."
Samaritan Law."
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Response."
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Utah and Indiana adopted laws providing for mitigation in cases of good-faith
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Type Opiates Prior to Using Heroin: Results from a Survey of Syringe Exchange
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(Miami2008).
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