Katie McCabe (Duquesne University): Publications - PhilPeople

Duquesne University
Department of Philosophy

Doctoral student

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Areas of Interest

Critical Theory

Death and Dying, Misc

Philosophy of Sociology

20th Century Continental Philosophy

Poststructuralism

Theodor W. Adorno

Søren Kierkegaard

Emmanuel Levinas

Michel Foucault

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Longitudinal Description of State Laws Governing Syringe Services Programs and Syringe Possession and Distribution, 2010–2024
with Lauren Marie Langan, Adam Herpolsheimer, Sabrina Ruchelli, Alex Hunter Willhouse, Tamara Rushovich, Alina Schnake-Mahl, and Scott Burris

Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics 54 (S1): 32-39. 2026.

This article reports new legal data on state syringe services program (SSP) and drug paraphernalia laws in the United States. Scientific legal mapping methods were used to develop a longitudinal legal dataset capturing state-level SSP and drug paraphernalia laws in effect from January 1, 2010, through June 1, 2024. During that period, the number of states with a legal mechanism allowing for syringe distribution from SSPs nearly doubled. However, legal barriers to SSP operations remain in many st…Read more
This article reports new legal data on state syringe services program (SSP) and drug paraphernalia laws in the United States. Scientific legal mapping methods were used to develop a longitudinal legal dataset capturing state-level SSP and drug paraphernalia laws in effect from January 1, 2010, through June 1, 2024. During that period, the number of states with a legal mechanism allowing for syringe distribution from SSPs nearly doubled. However, legal barriers to SSP operations remain in many states.

Applied Ethics