SMART Policy Briefs
Submissions from 2024
What is the Risk of “Captagon” and Other Pill-Pressed Stimulants in Tennessee?, Jeremy C. Kourvelas MPH
Beyond Fentanyl Test Strips: The Need to Decriminalize All Drug Checking Equipment in Tennessee, Jeremy C. Kourvelas MPH
Fentanyl Testing Strips Usage and Perceptions: A Survey Analysis, Jeremy C. Kourvelas, Rochelle Butler, Andrew Yockey, Anna Mesa, Zach Dorminey, Channie Cretsinger, and Erin McConocha
Submissions from 2023
MAT/MATE Acts, Channie Cretsinger, Jeremy C. Kourvelas MPH, and Jennifer G. Tourville DNP
Prior Authorizations and Addiction Treatment, Channie Cretsinger MPH, Jeremy C. Kourvelas MPH, and Jennifer G. Tourville DNP
The Need for Point-of-Care Testing of All Illicit Substances, Channie Cretsinger, Jeremy Kourvelas MPH, Jennifer G. Tourville DNP, and Julia van Zyl MD
Submissions from 2022
Opioid Overdose Deaths in Tennessee, Jeremy C. Kourvelas, Erin Gwydir, Jennifer G. Tourville DNP, and Karen Pershing
Harm Reduction, Jeremy Kourvelas and Jennifer G. Tourville DNP
Naloxone Access, Jeremy Kourvelas, Jennifer G. Tourville DNP, and William Lyons PhD
The Need for Continuity of Care in the Criminal Justice System, Jason R. Trautwein, Kelly Moore PhD, Ricki Dierenfeldt PhD, Jim Hart, Duane Slone, Jeremy Kourvelas, and Jennifer G. Tourville DNP
Submissions from 2021
Substance Misuse and Incarceration in Tennessee, Katie Cahill, Duane Slone, Jason R. Trautwein, Ricki Dierenfeldt PhD, Kelly E. Moore PhD, James M. Hart, and Jennifer G. Tourville DNP
Better Broadband for Better Health, Jeremy Kourvelas, Katie Cahill, Carole Myers PhD, Jennifer Tourville, and Sreedhar Upendram
Telehealth Improves Access to Treatment for Substance Use Disorder, Jeremy Kourvelas, Carole Myers PhD, Katie Cahill PhD, Stephen Loyd MD, and Jennifer Tourville DNP
The Cost of Stigma, Jeremy Kourvelas, Carole R. Myers Dr., Katie Cahill, Karen J. Derefinko PhD, Robert Pack PhD, Kelly E. Moore PhD, and Jennifer Tourville
Preventing Youth Substance Misuse in Tennessee, W Alex Mason, Johnnie B. Bower, Jennifer Tourville, Karen Pershing, and Katie Cahill