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The Role of Civil Commitment in the Opioid Crisis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2021

Ish P. Bhalla ,
Nina Cohen ,
Claudia E. Haupt ,
Kate Stith  and
Rocksheng Zhong
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This article seeks to shed light on civil commitment in the context of the opioid crisis, to sketch the existing legal landscape surrounding civil commitment, and to illustrate the relevant medical, ethical, and legal concerns that policymakers must take into account as they struggle to find appropriate responses to the crisis.

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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. 343 - 350
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Copyright © American Society of Law, Medicine and Ethics 2018

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