Leo Beletsky All Experts
Associate Professor of Law and Health Sciences
Leo Beletsky In the Media
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The Verge
The American Fix
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The New York Times
Amid opioid crisis, insurers restrict pricey, less addictive painkillers
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WBUR
Is it addiction treatment or prison? A look inside a state center for involuntary commitments
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CommonWealth Magazine
Majority of pot board opposed referendum
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Chicago Tribune
As more heroin is mixed with fentanyl, opioid crisis turns even deadlier
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Vox
It’s not just opioid addiction. Alcoholism is on the rise too.
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Fox News
Lawmakers reject injection sites as opioid epidemic rises
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Reuters
Underground safe haven keeps drug users off street, may save lives
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Boston Globe
Can giving inmates access to addiction medication help ease the opioid crisis?
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Vox
The opioid epidemic, explained
Leo Beletsky for Northeastern
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Marijuana in Massachusetts, what happens now that it’s legal?
Massachusetts voters earlier this month overwhelmingly approved the legalization of recreational marijuana. We asked drug policy expert Leo Beletsky what happens next and how the…
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3Qs: How to overcome the global drug problem
The United Nations General Assembly recently convened a special session on drugs, marking its first meeting on the topic since 1998. We asked Northeastern drug…
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Are safe injection facilities for heroin users a step in the right direction?
The mayor of Ithaca, New York, last week, announced a plan to open sites where heroin users can safely inject the drug under medical supervision.
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New White House drug program to help combat ‘national crisis’
Northeastern drug policy expert Leo Beletsky described the federal government’s new Heroin Response Strategy, which looks to combat drug abuse through a public health approach,…
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Legal experts: law enforcement officers should be authorized to administer overdose antidote
Opioid overdose kills some 25,000 people per year in the U.S—or 68 people per day. One way to reduce the nation’s number of opioid-related deaths,…
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A new tool in drug overdose prevention
Assistant professor of law and health sciences Leo Beletsky was tapped by the Bureau of Justice Assistance to lend his expertise in developing a new…
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3Qs: Access expands to drug overdose antidote
Drug overdoses are reportedly on the rise both locally and nationally. The Massachusetts State Police has reported 185 fatalities since Nov. 1, which doesn’t include…
