Follow the Money: The antidote economy
In this interview with the BBC Audio Business Daily podcast, we cover a lot of ground...including our longstanding concerns with naloxone profiteering, how opioid settlements are missing an opportunity to increase access in high-risk populations by preferring splashy naloxone distribution on school buses, and the importance of naloxone saturation (or making sure the highest-risk people have the highest access, and the lowest cost products).
Until we decouple naloxone from profit motives, we're going to continue to have these problems with pricing and access. The goal for naloxone distribution is to get low-dose, low-cost naloxone into the hands of people at the highest risk. Importantly, this includes injectable naloxone, a product that has not been leveraged enough, especially with opioid settlement money.
We can and must do better.
Take a listen!
Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
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Jonathan Stoltman, PhD
Jonathan has worked as a researcher and advocate focusing on opioid addiction treatment and recovery since 2013. He completed his PhD in Lifespan Developmental Psychology from West Virginia University in 2019. Jonathan’s academic work has appeared in leading journals, conferences, and media outlets. He has been working on opioid settlement-related topics since 2020.
Why You Can Trust OPI
The Opioid Policy Institute exists to help communities improve their response to opioid-related death and disease. We provide evidence-based research and analysis that translates complex legal guidance and public health research into practical, usable insights. Our focus is on transparency, accountability, and community healing by increasing access to evidence-based prevention, harm reduction, treatment, and recovery supports.
OPI’s analysis reflects a collaborative, team-based approach. We blend real-world and academic experience to help ensure our work is methodologically sound, grounded in evidence, and attentive to real-world implementation challenges. We focus on asking the right questions, surfacing tradeoffs, and helping communities build robust responses to addiction.
Opioid Policy Institute by Jonathan JK Stoltman, PhD is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
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