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Case Study: County-Level Responses to the Opioid Crisis in Northern Kentucky

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Quentin Johnson
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This article highlights local government responses to the opioid crisis in Northern Kentucky through a series of interviews with county-level officials. The author's discussions with civic leaders reflect the challenges faced by local communities and the new approaches implemented to stem the epidemic.

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Journal of Law, Medicine & Ethics , Volume 46 , Issue 2: Law and the Opioid Crisis: An Inter-Disciplinary Examination , Summer 2018 , pp. 382 - 386
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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