Bridge Michigan (25 July 2025)

Emphasizing cost-effective strategies is crucial to prevent the misuse of opioid settlement funds

New Research: Opioid Settlement Accountability

Understanding processes to report opioid settlement waste, fraud, abuse, & mismanagement to the AG

The Opioid Policy Institute Shuts Down

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Date: May 2, 2025 Well, folks, pack it up. Turn off the lights, shred the research papers (save it for confetti though!), and cancel that subscription – the Opioid Policy Institute is officially closing, effective immediately. We’re closing because the laser-focused efforts by President Donald J. Trump

Privacy and Digital Health: Causes for Concern and a Way Forward 🔏

Our recent invited commentary about surveillance capitalism in addiction digital health. We make bold calls for corrective action and leadership on this issue. Read more here: Privacy and Digital Health: Causes for Concern and a Way... : Journal of Addiction MedicineAn abstract is unavailable.LWW[email protected]💡We're always

Health Breach Notification Tracking (Report 2.2)

It's been 1,384 days and still no health breach notifications from 22 companies blatantly violating people's health privacy rights.

📢USA I: Is a Monster

Support Whistleblower Aid, EFF, 404 Media, Wired, and Techdirt

Advocating for Michigan Legislation - Bills 5178 and 5179

Let's get these bills out of committee on December 5th

City Beat 🔊(1 November 2024)

Elegy: The Many Myths of JD Vance (Ep. 4: Cultural Heroin) Great to chat with Madeline Fening about opioid addiction and the importance of politicians using their platform to inform the public about solutions not dehumanizing and demagoguing. 🔊30min listen

Bridge Michigan (30 October 2024)

Slow-moving Michigan AG spurred to action by Opioid Policy Institute complaint.

The National Desk📽️ (18 October 2024)

Priorities for Opioid Settlement Money: Spend Now vs. Invest for Future 3 minutes📽️ “That’s not to say that prevention isn't important, but we also know prevention is a real long game,” Stoltman said. “If you think about it as like the building is on fire, the first

Bridge Michigan (10 October 2024)

Michigan's continued moves to obfuscate opioid settlement spending.

Addiction Treatment Sessions Exposed by Mental Health Care Firm’s Unsecured Database

Wired (6 Sept 2024)🔒 This is bad. +120,000 files +1.7 million activity logs 5.3 terabytes of data Intake files Audio of sessions Video of sessions Drug tests Therapy notes all were exposed on an unsecured database. This is a privacy and security disaster.