Dismantling War on Drugs Policies in COVID-19's Aftermath

Affiliations

¹ Hannah L. F. Cooper and David H. Cloud are with the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Laura C. Fanucchi, Michelle Lofwall, and April M. Young are with the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Laura C. Fanucchi is also with the Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington. Michelle Lofwall is also with the Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington. April M. Young is also with the Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington.

Editorial

Hannah L F Cooper et al. Am J Public Health. 2022 Feb.

. 2022 Feb;112(S1):S24-S27.

doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2021.306680.

¹ Hannah L. F. Cooper and David H. Cloud are with the Department of Behavioral, Social, and Health Education Sciences, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA. Laura C. Fanucchi, Michelle Lofwall, and April M. Young are with the Center on Drug and Alcohol Research, University of Kentucky, Lexington. Laura C. Fanucchi is also with the Department of Medicine, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington. Michelle Lofwall is also with the Department of Behavioral Science, University of Kentucky College of Medicine, Lexington. April M. Young is also with the Department of Epidemiology, University of Kentucky College of Public Health, Lexington.

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