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NEJM Interview: Dr. Lainie Rutkow on legal action taken by states to address the opioid-overdose crisis.

Published: Dec. 27, 2017, 4:01 p.m.

b'Dr. Lainie Rutkow is an associate professor of health policy and management at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health. Stephen Morrissey, the interviewer, is the Managing Editor of the Journal. L. Rutkow and J.S. Vernick. Emergency Legal Authority and the Opioid Crisis. N Engl J Med 2017;377:2512-4.'