Bridging the Gaps to Reduce Prescription Drug and Opioid Abuse and Misuse
While being in the throes of a national opioid abuse epidemic, a recently released NAGTRI report offers best and promising practices generated from a November 2016 Summit with law enforcement and public health officials. The link to a free website copy is provided.
“First, Do No Harm”: Criminal Prosecutions of Doctors for Distributing Controlled Substances Outside of Legitimate Medical Need
NAGTRI revisited a 2007 study on physicians who had been prosecuted for prescribing controlled substances. The goal of this project was to determine if there had been any shift in the numbers of prosecutions, patient addictions, or states issuing opioid prescription guidelines since the 2007 study in an effort to curb the opioid abuse epidemic across the country.
Media Advisory: Health Care Marketplace is Focus of AGs Summit
NAAG is holding its Presidential Initiative Summit with a theme of, “Evolving Challenges in the American Health Care Marketplace.” NAAG President and Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen will host, and 22 state attorneys general will attend.
Land Banks: A Viable Solution for Revitalizing Abandoned, Derelict Properties
This article explores the costly effects of abandoned properties within municipalities and how attorneys general offices have used land banks to revitalize communities in their states.
Managers as Caretakers: Rule 5.1
This is an ongoing column exploring various ethical topics relevant to attorneys general and other government attorneys. This issue addresses how managers can make reasonable efforts to ensure that the lawyers they supervise conduct themselves ethically. It notes that the legal profession is struggling with substance abuse and mental health issues in a much higher proportion than the general population.
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