Building Collaboration with Crime Labs for Data Sharing

The New York Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) team collaborated with the 13 public forensic labs that analyze seized drugs and toxicology samples in the state to identify ways to share and analyze drug seizure data. However, there is significant variation in systems and protocols among these labs and only five labs have the capacity to […]

Cross-State Information Sharing: Potential Protests at Pharmacies in Illinois

One of the prominent assets of the Overdose Response Strategy (ORS) program is the large network and ability for cross-state collaboration among ORS teams to swiftly share information. The New York Public Health Analyst (PHA) reached out to the Illinois PHA after receiving information about potential pharmacy protests staged in Illinois that could bring about […]