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# Bridge Michigan (16 Jan 2024)
- URL: https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-16-jan-2024/
- Published: 2024-01-16T15:22:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-05-23T14:24:20.000Z
- Description: More problems with how Michigan is working to spend its share of the opioid settlement funds.
- Author: Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
- Tags: In the News, Opioid Settlement Money, Reporting on Addiction

### [Michigan disbands racial equity group as tension mounts over opioid money](https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-disbands-racial-equity-group-tension-mounts-over-opioid-money)

We discuss the need to include racial equity in opioid settlement spending decisions in light of Michigan stripping power from this group by dissolving and distributing members across other task forces.

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[Michigan disbands racial equity group as tension mounts over opioid money | Bridge MichiganThe state spent $148,000 on a racial equity group to offer advice on how to spend hundreds of millions of dollars in opioid settlement funds. But after issuing recommendations, the group said it was ‘silenced.’![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Bridge MichiganRobin Erb![](https://www.bridgemi.com/sites/default/files/styles/large/public/2024-01/girl%20hand%20reaching%20for%20syringe%20shutterstock.jpg?itok=k-bAYqMS)](https://www.bridgemi.com/michigan-health-watch/michigan-disbands-racial-equity-group-tension-mounts-over-opioid-money)