Dear Readers

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Delta variant….Duration of efficacy of vaccines…boosters, third shots, no boosters….there are numerous vaccine-related questions, confusion and misinformation regarding these issues. Pharmacists are in the unique position to sort out and evaluate the data, educate patients and the public and provide the vaccines. There are also avenues to research vaccine uptake, hesitancy and patient views.Equally important is the focus on overdose deaths in the nation related to opioids. Pharmacists play very important roles in the whole 360 degree of this problem.Health equity and pharmacists’ role in addressing it – as recently noted by the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security report.These topics and the continuum of medication and health-related questions that continually face and intrigue us are all areas which need discussion, debate and inquiry.The Journal is a conduit for dissemination of these efforts, and we welcome manuscripts that tell your stories, and your research on addressing social determinants of health, health equity, vaccination efforts and hesitancy, opioid related issues, in addition to examining medication and practice related topics.Featuring in this issue are important and interesting articles, including articles on two different topics related to women’s reproductive health: CPESN California UpdateEnd of Life Option Act UpdateDirect Pharmacist Prescribing of Emergency Contraception: Findings of an Academic Detailing Intervention Pilot StudyEvidence-based Appraisal of the CARAVAGGIO TrialEvaluation of a Continuing Pharmacy Education Program on Pharmacologic Interventions for Healthy PregnanciesPlease reach out and feel free to provide feedback that can improve OUR journal.