Hello! It’s Allen Siegler, Mississippi Today’s mental health reporter. Excited to share that the first two episodes of our newsroom’s first narrative podcast series all about Mississippi’s opioid settlements are in the world.
You can listen to them right now wherever you get podcasts.
Hearing voices of Mississippians either affected by or affecting the state’s devastating addiction crisis is a special experience.
And more episodes drop next week!
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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