California's New Laws To Address The State's Opioid Crisis

The California Legislature looked at more than 20 bills last year designed to address the ongoing opioid crisis, passing 14. The laws cover a few approaches to bringing opioid death numbers down, including stemming over-prescribing practices, improving medication assisted treatment and saving people in the throes of overdose with an antidote called naloxone.

Here’s a roundup of what former Gov. Jerry Brown signed to tackle the problem.