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Building Successful Partnerships Between State Health Departments and Attorney General Offices: The Minnesota Example

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 July 2024

Dana Farley ,
Carman Leone  and
Caroline Palmer Open the ORCID record for Caroline Palmer [Opens in a new window]
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Abstract

In recent years, the Minnesota Attorney General’s Office and the Minnesota Department of Health have cultivated a productive partnership to strengthen the state’s multidisciplinary response to overlapping health equity and social justice issues. This article describes shared efforts in three areas: post-conviction justice, drug overdose, and human trafficking/exploitation.

Keywords

Post-Conviction JusticeHuman TraffickingDrug OverdoseOpioid SettlementForced Criminality
Type
Symposium Articles
Information
Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 52 , Issue S1: 2023 Public Health Law Conference: People. Policy. Progress , Spring 2024 , pp. 66 - 69
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© The Author(s), 2024. Published by Cambridge University Press on behalf of American Society of Law, Medicine & Ethics

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