The Journal of law, medicine & ethics : a journal of the American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics
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The devastating impact of the national opioid epidemic has given rise to hundreds of lawsuits. This article details the extremely broad range of legal claims, compares the opioid cases to other public health litigation efforts, including tobacco, and describes the special mechanism - a multidistrict litigation - through which more than 700 opioid-related cases have been consolidated thus far, with settlement almost certain to follow.
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This article highlights local government responses to the opioid crisis in Northern Kentucky through a series of interviews with county-level officials. The author's discussions with civic leaders reflect the challenges faced by local communities and the new approaches implemented to stem the epidemic.
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This article explores challenges to accessing opioid treatment programs in rural areas, and offers solutions that would ease these problems.