Dec 2024

Agent-Based Model of Combined Community- and Jail-Based Take-Home Naloxone Distribution

Harold Pollack

This paper outlines the impact and cost-effectiveness of naloxone distribution, particularly for people facing criminal justice involvement.

Opioid-related overdose accounts for almost 80,000 deaths annually across the US. People who use drugs leaving jails are at particularly high risk for opioid-related overdose and may benefit from take-home naloxone (THN) distribution.

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Protected: Former NYPD Chief of Department Kenneth E. Corey Named Executive Director of the Policing Leadership Academy

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