Amy Judd Lieberman, J.D., serves as Deputy Director, Harm Reduction Legal Project. Before joining the Network, Amy worked briefly in litigation after a fellowship with the National Health Law Program (NHeLP) working on critical issues related to the opioid epidemic and promoting harm reduction practices, specifically in the communities served by Medicaid and Medi-cal.
Amy serves on the board of directors of the Sidewalk Project Los Angeles, a drug user- and sex worker-led syringe services program serving the unhoused community in downtown Los Angeles, in addition to providing pro bono legal consultation to other SSPs through the California Syringe Exchange Program (CASEP) Coalition.
Amy received her B.F.A from New York University and her J.D. from the University of California, Irvine School of Law. She is barred in California and the United States District Court for the Central District of California.
This webinar focused on the legal and regulatory modifications during COVID-19, how they are being used to increase access treatment for opioid use disorder, and opportunities to permanently increase access to medications.
While states have passed various laws designed to increase access to naloxone, a life-saving opioid overdose reversal medication, none explicitly address the legality of dispensing naloxone that is past its expiration date. This fact sheet discusses whether Georgia laws forbid the prescription, dispensing, distribution, possession, or administration of expired naloxone and whether such actions impact the risk of civil liability for medical professionals who prescribe or dispense naloxone or laypeople who distribute or administer it.
This fact sheet discusses whether District of Columbia laws forbid the prescription, dispensing, distribution, possession, or administration of expired naloxone and whether such actions impact the risk of civil liability for medical professionals who prescribe or dispense naloxone or laypeople who distribute or administer it.
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This fact sheet discusses whether Illinois laws forbids the prescription, dispensing, distribution, possession, or administration of expired naloxone.
This fact sheet discusses whether Illinois laws forbids the prescription, dispensing, distribution, possession, or administration of expired naloxone.
For a variety of reasons, individuals under the age of 18 may wish to access naloxone without knowledge of their parent or guardian. This fact sheet discusses whether it is permissible to prescribe naloxone to minors in Pennsylvania.
To address the legal and policy barriers that hamper the establishment and expansion of evidence-based harm reduction measures, the Network for Public Health Law has launched the Harm Reduction Legal Project with support from Arnold Ventures.
