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Selected Publications
For a complete list of faculty citations, please visit iRis, Northeastern’s digital archive.
Police Training to Align Law Enforcement and HIV Prevention: Preliminary Evidence from the Field
American Journal of Public Health 2011; 101(11): 2012-15.
Stopping an Invisible Epidemic: Legal Issues in the Provision of Naloxone to Prevent Opioid Overdose
1 Drexel Law Review 273 (2009).
