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Acknowledgments
This study was supported by St. Louis County Public Health and Human Services’s State Targeted Response to the Opioid Crisis Grant. All authors contributed to the research and manuscript, and none of the authors have conflicts of interest to disclose. The authors would like to acknowledge Jake Mertz for assistance in editing and community partners and coalition members throughout northeastern Minnesota for their lifesaving work.
About the Authors
Laura Palombi is an associate professor and Heather Blue an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in Duluth. At the time of this writing, Kelsey Ronayne and Ashley Dahley were PharmD students at the University of Minnesota College of Pharmacy in Duluth, and Stephany Medina was an Americorps VISTA with St. Louis County Public Health & Human Services. ***