Browsing by Author "Sterling, Catherine"

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    Legal and Policy Best Practices in Response to the Substance Abuse Crisis: A Preliminary Report
    (Indiana University, 2018-03-30) Terry, Nicolas P.; Silverman, Ross D.; Hoss, Aila; Crister, Rebecca; Beukema, Emily; Sterling, Catherine
    In 2017, Indiana University, in cooperation with Indiana Governor Eric Holcomb and community partners, launched the Grand Challenge: Responding to the Addictions Crisis initiative, a university-wide effort to advance interdisciplinary research and interventions in response to the substance abuse crisis affecting Indiana and the nation. The “Legal and Policy Best Practices in Response to the Substance Abuse Crisis” project is one of sixteen funded under Phase 1 of the Grand Challenge. This preliminary report outlines the initial findings of the project.
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    Working with Overdose Lifeline to Influence State Policy: Syringe Decriminalization, Senate Bill 11, and A Day of Advocacy
    (2019-04-26) Pike, Caitlin; Richardson, Heather; Sterling, Catherine
    Our Capstone group worked with Overdose Lifeline, an Indianapolis non-profit group that advocates for increased harm reduction solutions to prevent overdose deaths and disease transmission. On January 3, 2019, Sen. Mike Bohacek and Sen. James Merritt introduced Senate Bill 11, which acted to amend current Syringe Exchange Program (SEP) legislation. Specifically, SB 11 proposed to “establish and maintain a syringe exchange program registry” that would track SEP participants statewide. The bill required a “qualified entity” to create a database that contains SEP participant names, dates of birth, last four of SSNs, and other identifying information to be determined, but did not name that entity and left many other questions unanswered.