Rapid Response to the Legalization of Fentanyl Test Strips in Alabama: An Academic-Community Partnership.

Journal

American journal of public health
ISSN: 1541-0048
Titre abrégé: Am J Public Health
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 1254074

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
13 Jun 2024
Historique:
medline: 13 6 2024
pubmed: 13 6 2024
entrez: 13 6 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

In June 2022, Alabama legalized fentanyl test strips (FTS). In response to this new opportunity to prevent overdoses, Project Linkage, Education, and Prevention (LEAP)-an academic-community partnership providing substance use prevention services-quickly purchased FTS and started distributing them in the Birmingham area. We describe how the Addiction Prevention Coalition, a substance use education and harm reduction provider, distributed 7300 FTS in the first year of legalization via Project LEAP and discuss its efforts to decrease substance use among young people. (

Identifiants

DOI: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307681 PMID: 38870434
pubmed: 38870434
doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2024.307681
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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IM

Pagination

e1-e4

Auteurs

C Greer McCollum (CG)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Greg Ventrelli (G)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Kelly W Gagnon (KW)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Ashley Loftis (A)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Abimbola Famurewa (A)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Carie Wimberly (C)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

Ellen Eaton (E)

C. Greer McCollum, Greg Ventrelli, Kelly W. Gagnon, and Ellen Eaton are with the Heersink School of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham. Ashley Loftis, Abimbola Famurewa, and Carie Wimberly are with the Addiction Prevention Coalition, Birmingham, AL.

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