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    Public health educator, researcher and consultant
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    Epidemiologist at the University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill
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    Public health educator, researcher and consultant
    Associate Professor of Public Health and Law at the Ohio State University. "It’s helpful to have these resources to point out where ideas exist elsewhere, or not; or to show a critical mass to assure a policymaker that they’re not stepping into uncharted territory."

    Maya’s story:

    In our work at Prescribe to Prevent, we provide a lot of technical assistance to small agencies, underground initiatives and state-level government agencies working on overdose initiatives. LawAtlas is a resource I always check whenever I’m trying to answer questions.

    Having access to information about how overdose-related laws have changed over time helps us expand public health practice and helps us easily identify how other places have had the same or similar experiences, shortening the research or feedback loop about what other places have done. Particularly in areas we call “first passes” — when groups start to think about these topics from a law or policy perspective for the first time, a lot of the same bad ideas get thrown around repeatedly. It’s helpful to have these resources to point out where those ideas exist elsewhere, or not; or to show a critical mass to assure a policymaker that they’re not stepping into uncharted territory.

    Maya Doe-Simkins is co-director for Prescribe to Prevent.