A Narrative Review of Literature Examining Studies Researching the Impact of Law on Health and Economic Outcomes.

Context: Public health policy can play an important role in improving public health outcomes. Accordingly, there has been an increasing emphasis by policy makers on identifying and implementing evidence-informed public health policy interventions.

Program Or Policy: Growth and refinement of the field of research assessing the impact of legal interventions on health outcomes, known as legal epidemiology, prompted this review of studies on the relationship between laws and health or economic outcomes.

Trends in State-Level Pharmacy-Based Naloxone Dispensing Rates, 2012-2019.

Introduction: Improving access to naloxone is an important public health strategy in the U.S. This study examines the state-level trends in naloxone dispensing from 2012 to 2019 for all 50 states and the District of Columbia.