Scientific seminars equip judges to counter opioid crisis

Judges, Juries, and Scientific Evidence

Judges’ Attitude Towards Scientific Evidence

Stephen Breyer, a judge of the US Supreme Court, wrote some fifteen years ago: »Scientific issues permeate the law (...). The law must seek decisions that fall within the boundaries of scientifically sound knowledge and approximately reflect the scientific state of the art (...). I believe that in this age of science we must build legal foundations that are sound in science as well as in law. S...

Daubert opinion requires judges to screen scientific evidence.

The Opioid Crisis From Research to Practice.

I n 2015, researchers from Yale University published a randomized, controlled trial on the treatment of opioid addiction.1 The study asked whether patients identified in the emergency department would benefit from prompt access to the well-proven medication buprenorphine, including onsite prior to discharge. The researchers were questioning not what, how, why, or who—but where. The results of t...

Seeking Solutions to the Opioid Crisis.

At an event focusing on population-health approaches to the opioid epidemic, discussants agreed that better coordination of care, community involvement in finding solutions, and more consistent use of improved pain-control options are required.