Evaluating the Impact of Brave Technology Co-op's Novel Drug Overdose Detection and Response Devices in North America: a Retrospective Study.

Assess the preliminary impact of Brave Technology Co-op's overdose detection devices that have been implemented in housing, medical, social service facilities, and several private settings in North America. Administrative data was collected by Brave on their Buttons and Sensors during several proof-of-concept projects and full installations in Canada and United States (US) between December 2018 and July 2022. Data analyzed provided insights on the number of overdoses detected and reversed (averted overdose deaths) using Brave Sensors and Buttons, along with other programmatic and session-specific indicators.

Evaluating the Impact of Strong and Weak California Flavored Tobacco Sales Restriction Policies on the Tobacco Retail Environment.

Purpose: Evaluate success of local flavored tobacco (FT) policies in reducing availability of FT products in California.

Design: Matched-jurisdiction cross-sectional design compared availability of FT at licensed tobacco retailers (LTR) in jurisdictions with and without such policies in 2013 and 2019. Flavor policy jurisdictions were split into strong and weak groups using Flavored Tobacco Policy Rating Rubric.