Resumen de Status of US State Laws Mandating Timely Reporting of Nonfatal Overdose.

Corey S Davis, Traci C. Green, Hector Hernandez-Delgado, Amy Judd Lieberman

• The authors discuss the issue of public health laws that require the reporting of nonfatal drug overdoses. They survey the current status of such laws and the responsibilities of public health personnel for reporting overdoses, the need to improve the reporting of overdoses, and how such data can improve the response.