# Opioid Policy Institute
> Addressing issues that impact people affected by opioid addiction.
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## Pages
- [About](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/about.md) - Our Mission We work to improve outcomes for people with an opioid addiction through our scientific research, policy advocacy, and education. We work relentlessly towards pushing solutions that prevent diseases and deaths related to opioid addiction. Our Purpose OPI was established in 2020 to break…
- [Contact](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/contact.md)
- [Digital Health](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/digital-health.md) - Digital health is a burgeoning area of investment and interest. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy for patients to tell who the bad actors are. We aim to change this. Digital Health promised to reduce barriers to opioid treatment. Every new digital health provider has made the promise that they ar…
- [The Hub](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/hub.md) - In the News - Opioid Policy InstituteOur work has appeared in numerous media outletsOpioid Policy InstituteDigital Health - Opioid Policy InstituteDigital health is a burgeoning area of investment and interest. Unfortunately, it isn’t always easy for patients to tell who the bad actors are. We aim…
- [Opioid Settlement Community Website Support](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-community-templates.md)
- [Opioid Settlement WFAM](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-wfam.md) - DEA Takeback Day (Come and Take It!🐍)Another WFAM - Waste of the Week with more feel-good optics that miss the momentOpioid Policy InstituteAntonella PetersonTruNarc: To Narc or Not to Narc? 🐀Another WFAM - Waste of the Week where communities are paying for a product out of fear and out of touch…
- [Policy Work](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/policy-work.md) - Research drives policy. Policy drives research. At OPI both work hand in hand to take traditionally staid research out of academia and into the real-world to have an impact. Some of our focus areas include:
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- [Republishing Guidelines](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/republishing-guidelines.md) - * You must give the Opioid Policy Institute credit, including opioidpolicy.org and author. * If you publish online, include the links from the story, and a link to Opioid Policy Institute. * Stories may be edited for in-house style or to shorten. More substantial changes should be noted as addition…
- [Reporting on Addiction](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/roa.md) - Most people learn about addiction through the media, but these stories aren’t always telling the whole picture… To help improve this, we partnered with 100 Days in Appalachia. 100 Days in Appalachia is a non-profit newsroom committed to improving reporting about and in the Appalachian region. For R…

## Posts
- [❤️‍🔥Unallowable Opioid Settlement Spending - New State](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/unallowable-opioid-settlement-spending-new-state-ma.md) - Added: Massachusetts! 🦃🍩
- [Opioid Settlement Wiki (Part 3)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-wiki-part-3.md) - wiki.opioidpolicy.org
- [OPI Forum Closed](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-forum-closed.md) - 9.1.26 - Fail Fast, Friends
- [Drug Boat, Strike!™️ Anniversary Edition](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/drug-boat-strike-tm-anniversary-edition.md) - It's been exactly one year since the Trump administration launched the single most impactful opioid policy initiative ever attempted in the decades-long crisis: blowing up boats in the Caribbean & Eastern Pacific to end the fentanyl crisis. When we first launched our video game tribute to the polit…
- [📆What Black Folks Should Know About Opioid Settlement Funds](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/what-black-folks-should-know-about-opioid-settlement-funds.md) - In two weeks (Monday, September 14th) the National Black Harm Reduction Network (NBHRN) is hosting a webinar: What Black Folks Should Know About Opioid Settlement Funds This hour-long discussion will break down the landscape of settlement funds, talk through real strategies for influencing where mo…
- [New Team Member!](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/new-team-member-ella-durbin.md) - Welcome, Ella Durbin!
- [NJ.com (26 Aug 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/nj-com-26-aug-2026.md) - Highlighting unallowable opioid settlement spending research
- [Health Affairs Forefront (17 Aug 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/health-affairs-forefront-17-aug-2026.md) - Highlighting unallowable opioid settlement spending research
- [OPI Org Update](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-org-update-summer-2026.md) - New website, new projects, same priorities.
- [Drug Boat, Strike!™️](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/drug-boat-strike.md) - The war on drugs is back.
- [ICYMI Data Liberation Project [Video] 📼](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/icymi-data-liberation-project-video.md) - A new way to help you see opioid settlement spending data in your community
- [BBC News (28 July 2026) 🎧](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bbc-28-july-2026.md) - Highlighting naloxone profiteering and the importance of a saturation model
- [OPI x Data Liberation Project (& MuckRock)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-x-data-liberation-project-muckrock.md) - A new way to help you understand opioid settlement spending data in your community
- [Join the Watchdogs](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-settlement-sifter-pt2.md) - A look inside the OPI Opioid Settlement Sifter
- [Introducing the OPI Opioid Settlement Sifter 🤓](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-settlement-sifter-pt1.md) - +$55 billion will be spent. The OPI Opioid Settlement Sifter helps you sort through it.
- [OPI CLI 🤓](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-cli.md) - A new way to interact with OPI's data
- [Opioid Settlement Wiki (Part 2)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-wiki-part-2.md) - wiki.opioidpolicy.org
- [Opioid Settlement Wiki (Part 1)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-wiki-part-1.md) - wiki.opioidpolicy.org
- [Verite News (28 May 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/verite-news-28-may-2026.md) - East Grand Rapids has approximately $42,871 in settlement funds that have yet to be used
- [Fox 17 WXMI (27 May 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/fox-17-wxmi-27-may-2026.md) - East Grand Rapids has approximately $42,871 in settlement funds that have yet to be used
- [OPI Personnel Update](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/tony-graduates.md) - Tony graduates! 🎉😭🎉
- [❤️‍🔥Unallowable Opioid Settlement Spending - New State](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/unallowable-opioid-settlement-spending-mi.md) - Added: Michigan! 🫱✋
- [🚀New Resource: Interactive Unallowable Opioid Settlement Spending Website](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/unallowable-spending-website.md) - A live, searchable companion to our April 1 white paper. Browse what states have flagged as unallowable, with additional context and items from the experts at OPI.
- [Naloxbox, the Nox Box 🚫📦](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/noxbox.md) - Another WFAM - Waste of the Week with more profiteering in the name of harm reduction…
- [45milliondollarwatch.org](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/nj-45-million-dollar-watch.md) - New Collab!
- [DEA Takeback Day (Come and Take It!🐍)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/dea-takeback-day.md) - Another WFAM - Waste of the Week with more feel-good optics that miss the moment
- [VA.gov links on VA.gov SUD Locator are also BROKEN (Part 2)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/va-gov-sud-locator-broken.md) - 👊🏻 🇺🇸🔥
- [⁉️61% of VA.gov links on FindTreatment.gov are BROKEN](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/va-findtreatment-broken.md) - 👊🏻 🇺🇸🔥
- [MiDUD (Part 4)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-4.md) - Michigan Advance news coverage of MiSUD
- [🤔 Two New OPI Tools for Communities 🤓](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/discuss-and-wiki-launch.md) - Many of the opioid settlement conversations are happening behind closed doors, buried in legal filings, or scattered across platforms owned by companies that profit from your attention and your data. That changes today. We're launching two new, free community tools built for advocates, run on non-B…
- [TruNarc: To Narc or Not to Narc? 🐀](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/trunarc.md) - Another WFAM - Waste of the Week where communities are paying for a product out of fear and out of touch with how drugs work
- [Investigative Post (26 Mar 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/investigative-post-26-mar-2026.md) - AEDs are not the move, Lackawanna.
- [Bridge Michigan (31 Mar 2026)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-31-mar-2026.md) - Spend fast, spend well.
- [🚀New Research: Best Practices for Unallowable Opioid Settlement Spending Guidance](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/unallowable-opioid-settlement-spending-2026.md) - Only 5 states have guidance on what not to spend opioid settlement money on; we aim to change that.
- [In Memoriam: Logan Hullinger](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/in-memoriam-logan-hullinger.md) - Hi folks, some sad news to share. I'm cross-posting this from our Reporting on Addiction newsletter. Logan Hullinger, a Baltimore-based independent journalist, passed away on March 6th, 2026. Logan was a dedicated, award-winning reporter, regularly delivering impactful and interesting stories throu…
- [MiDUD (Part 3)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-3.md) - I doubt that’s what MVP means... why “good enough” isn't good enough for public health infrastructure
- [MiDUD (Part 2)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-2.md) - UPDATE: We Testified Before the Michigan Legislature Yesterday
- [Opioid Settlement FIT Test](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-fit-test.md) - 🏋️‍♀️ Do you even lift, bro? 🏋️‍♀️
- [2026 Opioid Settlement Roadmap](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-quick-rules-2.md) - A path forward to better opioid settlement spending
- [Opioid Settlement Quick Rules](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opioid-settlement-quick-rules.md) - Process, process, process
- [Using Opioid Settlement Funds to Broaden & Strengthen Harm Reduction](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/harm-reduction-osf-eo-2025.md) - Responding to the Opioid Overdose Crisis
- [New WFAM Resources](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/policy-brief-template.md) - Policy Brief v1.0 + Town Hall (we turned it up to 11🤘)
- [AED Policy Brief](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/aed-1p.md) - 1-page resource for opioid settlement decision-makers
- [SpotlightPA (10 Dec 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/spotlightpa-10-dec-2025.md) - WFAM Tracking in the News
- [WFAM Year in Review: Looking Back, Moving Forward (2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wfam-eoy-2025.md) - $35.7mil in opioid settlement WFAM identified in the last 6 months
- [The Current [Lafayette, Louisiana] (4 Dec 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-current-lafayette-louisiana-4-dec-2025.md) - Guiding opioid settlement spending
- [The Investigative Post (3 Dec 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-investigative-post-3-dec-2025.md) - Opioid settlement spending
- [MiDUD (Part 1)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-1.md) - Behind the scenes of the disastrous Michigan's MiSUD addiction treatment locator website
- [Don’terra!💊🚽](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/donterra.md) - Another WFAM - Waste of the Week where communities are paying for a product that is not more effective than a toilet
- [IllinoisTimes (13 Nov 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/illinoistimes-13-nov-2025.md) - Opioid settlements
- [Veterans Day](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/veterans-day.md) - Supporting veterans is not the work of any one organization, it’s a shared responsibility.
- [This is a Dizzy-aster!🥽](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/goggles.md) - Another WFAM - Waste of the Week
- [⚡Shock Value⚡](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/aeds.md) - Another spooky WFAM - Waste of the Week
- [findbupe.org Updates (Fall '25)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/findbupe-updates-fall-25.md) - Here’s what’s new in v2.0: 🌎 More Languages = More Access Language shouldn’t be a gatekeeper to survival. Our new update smashed that barrier by adding 19 languages. Now, more people can access this platform, no matter how they speak. How you can help 1. If there are problems with translations, yo…
- [IllinoisTimes (9 Oct 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/illinoistimes-9-oct-2025.md) - WFAM Tracking in the News
- [Cell-NO! 📵](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/cell-no.md) - Another spooky WFAM - Waste of the Week
- [The Washington Post (4 Oct 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-washington-post-4-oct-2025.md) - Guiding opioid settlement spending
- [New Team Member!](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/antonella-peterson.md) - Welcome, Antonella “Tony” Peterson!
- [Waka Flock-uhhh? 🔥](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/alpr-flock.md) - WFAM - Waste of the Week
- [Drones, Dogs & Donuts 🍩](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/drones-dogs-donuts.md) - WFAM - Waste of the Week (...but sent bi-weekly, I think)
- [Addressing Pharmacy Bupe Access, Together](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bupe-access-tool-launch.md) - Our new tool helps people find bupe at pharmacies in their community and report the pharmacies that don't stock this life-saving medication.
- [KFF/CBS News (11 Jul 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/kff-cbs-news-11-jul-2025.md) - Tracking waste, fraud, abuse, and misuse of opioid settlement funds
- [Ohio Newsroom (21 Aug 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/ohio-newsroom-21-aug-2025.md) - Identifying the misuse of opioid settlement funds in Ohio
- [Privacy and Digital Health: Causes for Concern and a Way Forward](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/jam-commentary-2025.md) - Check out our recent Journal of Addiction Medicine invited commentary
- [Bridge Michigan (25 July 2025)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-25-july-2025.md) - Emphasizing cost-effective strategies is crucial to prevent the misuse of opioid settlement funds
- [New Research: Opioid Settlement Accountability](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wfam-accountability-whitepaper.md) - Understanding processes to report opioid settlement waste, fraud, abuse, & mismanagement to the AG
- [The Opioid Policy Institute Shuts Down](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/opi-fin.md) - 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…
- [Privacy and Digital Health: Causes for Concern and a Way Forward 🔏](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/jam-april-2025.md) - 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[e…
- [Health Breach Notification Tracking (Report 2.2)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-2-2-health-breach-notification.md) - 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](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/usa-i-is-a-monster.md) - Support Whistleblower Aid, EFF, 404 Media, Wired, and Techdirt
- [Advocating for Michigan Legislation - Bills 5178 and 5179](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/5178-5179.md) - Let's get these bills out of committee on December 5th
- [City Beat 🔊(1 November 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/city-beat-1-nov-2024.md) - 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)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-30-october-2024.md) - Slow-moving Michigan AG spurred to action by Opioid Policy Institute complaint.
- [The National Desk📽️ (18 October 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-national-desk-18-october-2024.md) - 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 thing that you've got to do is…
- [Bridge Michigan (10 October 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-10-october-2024.md) - Michigan's continued moves to obfuscate opioid settlement spending.
- [Addiction Treatment Sessions Exposed by Mental Health Care Firm’s Unsecured Database](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wired-6-sept-2024.md)
- [MI Dems (30 Aug 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/mi-dems-30-aug-2024.md) - Highlighting Mike Rogers record on opioids
- [Bridge Michigan (29 August 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-29-aug-2024.md) - Exposing bad opioid policy stances in Michigan's 2024 US Senate candidate
- [CBS Detroit 📹 (19 Aug 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/cbs-detroit-19-aug-2024.md) - Michigan could see over $100 million in opioid settlement money this year "Some of the most important spending has been increasing naloxone distribution; that's the overdose reversal medication," said Jonathan Soltman, the director of the Opioid Policy Institute. "Trying to target high-risk communi…
- [Transparency and Michigan Opioid Settlement Funds](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/mi-treasury-rfr-hub.md) - It's time to change how the opioid settlement money is tracked in Michigan.
- [STAT News (22 July 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/stat-news-22-july-2024.md) - Our recent op-ed in STAT News focused on NIDA's reckless spending in the digital health space. We highlight how NIDA-funded digital health services are frequently using illegal technology when handling sensitive, protected health data and what can be done to fix this (NIDA clawing back the money, m…
- [GOP Platform 2024](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/gop-platform-2024.md)
- [Presidential Debate RE: Opioids](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/presidential-debate-june-2024.md)
- [Inc. (7 June 2024) 🔒](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/inc-7-june-2024.md) - Normal Silicon Valley non-sense: Move fast and break things Health-tech version: Move fast and go broke
- [The National Desk📽️ (6 June 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-national-desk-6-june-2024.md) - Lack of transparency still clouds billions in opioid settlement money going to states 4 minutes📽️ Republished by 73 Local News Outlets
- [Bridge Michigan (4 June 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-4-june-2024.md)
- [Public News Service 🔉(24 April 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/public-news-service-24-april-2024.md) - 'Lazarus drug' may have competition in MI Important reporting about the harmful push to get other opioid overdose formulations more widely available in Michigan. These new formulations/medications (high-dose naloxone and nalmefene) will massively harm affected community members and not reduce overd…
- [Why We Ask for Your Email](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/why-we-ask-for-you-email.md) - Some insight into our principles and how they affect business operations
- [WZZM ABC News Grand Rapids 📹 (17 April 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wzzm-17-april-2024.md) - People deserve to know how this money will be spent to save lives and make our community safe for everyone.
- [Bridge Michigan (16 April 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-16-april-2024.md) - The use of fear to push products that will hurt people instead of helping them is disgusting.
- [USA vs Cerebral Inc](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/usa-vs-cerebral-16-april-2024.md) - A must-read for those who say these privacy violations are not intentional and that these companies "mean well."
- [Tate Chronicles 🔊(13 April 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/tate-chronicles-13-april-2024.md) - The Tate Chronicles: Dr Jonathan Stoltman, Director at the Opioid Policy Institute Great to chat with Jim Tate about our opioid addiction privacy work and the role of opioid settlement money in stemming the addiction crisis we're facing. 🔊27min listen
- [Report 2 - Data Dashboard](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-2-dashboard.md) - A hub for the key data related to privacy & opioid addiction treatment and recovery websites Report 2 series.
- [Pelago Health](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/pelago-health.md) - Mo money mo problems
- [USA vs Monument Inc](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/usa-monument-11-april-2024.md) - The first domino in addiction privacy enforcement?
- [STAT News (5 April 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/stat-news-5-april-2024.md) - Immigration policy treats people who use drugs or have an addiction as undesirable. This doesn't recognize the widespread drug use in the United States or the science that addiction is a treatable chronic disease. For many, this is an "out of sight, out of mind" issue, but we think it needs more at…
- [Bridge Michigan (28 March 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-28-march-2024.md) - Michigan opioid settlement dollars sit unspent as crisis rages Highlighting the issue in Michigan with spending the opioid settlement money, lack of transparency, and the urgent need to spend the money.
- [Treat Addiction Save Lives 🔉(22 March 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/podcast-22-march-2024.md) - Reporting on Addiction Talking Reporting on Addiction, a collaboration between the Opioid Policy Institute and 100 Days in Appalachia. We talk about how we started and where we're going. 45 minutes🔉
- [Bridge Michigan (1 March 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-1-march-24.md) - Providers: Rollout of $1.5B opioid settlement a ‘huge disaster’ in Michigan Highlighting the many unnecessary barriers to opioid settlement funds for community organizations dedicated to tackling this issue.
- [Bridge Michigan📽️ (28 February 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-28-feb-24.md) - Bridge Lunch Break: Spending Michigan’s Opioid Settlement Money 60 minutes 📽️
- [Report 2.1 - Company Breakdown](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-2-1-company-summaries.md) - Summary of privacy issues by opioid addiction treatment and recovery services broken down by company.
- [Politico Pro (21 February 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/politico-pro-21-feb-24.md) - Addiction apps are leaking sensitive data, group claims Highlighting our privacy research Report 2.1Report 2.1, highlights NIDA’s reckless grant spending that has bolstered digital opioid addiction treatment and recovery services.Opioid Policy InstituteJonathan JK Stoltman, PhD
- [Report 2.1](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-2-1.md) - Report 2.1, highlights NIDA's reckless grant spending that has bolstered digital opioid addiction treatment and recovery services.
- [Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-7-feb-24-3.md) - Michigan won’t know how $725M is spent on opioids help. Other states do it better Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
- [Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-7-feb-24-2.md) - Michigan opioid cash sparks feeding frenzy of vendors, seeking cut of $1.5B Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
- [Bridge Michigan (7 February 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-7-feb-24-1.md) - As opioid deaths mount, Michigan governments sit on millions for intervention Highlighting the mess in how the State of Michigan is handling the $1.6 billion in opioid settlement money.
- [WBUR/NPR Boston (29 January 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wbur-29-january-2024.md) - Emphasizing the importance of getting opioid settlement money out quickly to fund evidence-based solutions. Boston dedicates small portion of opioid settlement funds to grieving familiesBoston’s first distribution of opioid settlement funds will go to families who’ve lost a member to an overdose. I…
- [Bridge Michigan (16 Jan 2024)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/bridge-michigan-16-jan-2024.md) - More problems with how Michigan is working to spend its share of the opioid settlement funds.
- [AHCJ (27 Nov 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/ahcj-27-nov-2023.md) - Reporting on addiction accurately and ethically Our webinar with the Association of Health Care Journalists, a resource hub for health journalists. Reporting on addiction accurately and ethicallyIn this webinar, learn how to avoid some of the most common errors reporters make when covering drug add…
- [AHCJ (10 Nov 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/ahcj-10-nov-2023.md) - ‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at improving addiction coverage Our conversation with the Association of Health Care Journalists, a resource hub for health journalists. ‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at impro…
- [The National Desk📽️ (19 October 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/tnd-19-oct-23.md) - Lack of transparency concerns over billions in opioid settlement money distributions 10 minutes📽️ Republished: KHGI-TV (Kearney, NE) WGME-TV (Portland, ME) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WJLA-TV (Arlington, VA) KDBC-TV (El Paso, TX) KOKH-TV (Oklahoma City, OK) WCTI-TV (New Bern, NC) WHP-TV (Harrisburg, P…
- [The National Desk📽️ (10 October 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/tnd-10-oct-23.md) - $52 billion debate: The best way to spend opioid lawsuit settlement money? 10 minutes📽️ Republished: WZTV-TV (Nashville, TN) KMEG-TV (Dakota Dunes, SD) KSNV-TV (Las Vegas, NV) WCIV-TV (Mount Pleasant, SC) WCHS-TV (Charleston, WV) KIMA-TV (Yakima, WA) KPTM-TV (Omaha, NE) WEAR-TV (Pensacola, FL) WYM…
- [AHCJ (10 October 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/ahcj-10-october-2023.md) - ‘Offensive’ news about opioids in Appalachia prompts launch of website aimed at improving addiction coverageDo you cover drug addiction in your community? If so, you should be aware of how, among other things, word choice leads to more evidence-based, factual reporting. ReportingOnAddiction.org off…
- [WVU Magazine (2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wvu-magazine-2023.md) - With Purpose: Reporting on Addiction "The language journalists use must be precise, must be fair and above all, do no harm. In reporting on addiction for the last several decades, the media — both print and broadcast — have used language dealing with the disease that breaks all of those rules, leav…
- [The Cap Times (7 Aug 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-cap-times-7-aug-2023.md) - Addiction-treating drug still seldom prescribed in ERs, study finds Talking about the massive gaps in prescribing evidence-based lifesaving treatment for opioid addiction: 💡The 7.6% prescribing rate is still far below the (roughly) 100% it should beSupport Our Work ❤️Addiction-treating drug still…
- [WVU Reed College of Media](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wvu-reed-college-of-media.md)
- [The Open Notebook (16 May 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-open-notebook-16-may-2023.md)
- [ideastream (5 May 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/ideastream-5-may-2023.md) - Emergency opioid overdose boxes installed at Cuyahoga Metropolitan Housing Authority residences Highlighting the unnecessary and costly purchase of Naloxboxes. They are charging $100's for plastic boxes to hold naloxone. We must stop the rampant profiteering and use money to support evidence-based,…
- [STAT News (17 April 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/stat-news-17-april-2023.md) - OTC naloxone is a baby step toward making the life-saving medication accessible Critiquing profiteering by naloxone manufacturers and proposing solutions to fix this issue.
- [KFF/NPR (30 Mar 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/kff-npr-30-mar-2023.md) - As states start to get opioid settlement cash, few are sharing how they spend it Promoting transparency with opioid settlement money to ensure it goes towards evidence-based solutions.
- [CBS News (29 Mar 2023)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/cbs-news-29-mar-2023.md) - FDA approves overdose-reversing Narcan for over-the-counter sale Comments on how OTC naloxone isn’t enough to address issues with access.
- [Wired (16 Nov 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wired-16-nov-2022.md) - Telehealth Sites Put Addiction Patient Data at Risk Our Report 2 covering privacy issues with mHealth addiction websites served as the foundation for this reporting.
- [University of Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics (5 Dec 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/university-of-wisconsin-center-for-journalism-ethics-5-dec-2022.md) - For the media, an urgent call to improve coverage of addiction and recovery Our conversation with Zehra Topbas from the University of Wisconsin Center for Journalism Ethics about the importance of Reporting on Addiction.
- [Report 2](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-2.md)
- [WGVU/NPR 🔊(29 Aug 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wgvu-29-aug-2022.md) - About the Opioid Policy Institute We talk with Shelley Irwin about Reporting on Addiction and addiction science. 🔊10min listen
- [100 Days in Appalachia (14 June 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/100-days-in-appalachia-14-june-2022.md) - The Federal Website That’s Supposed to Help ‘Find Treatment’ Needs Work, Experts Say Provided thoughts on findtreatment.gov and how to improve this vital national resource.
- [KFF/CNN/USA Today (11 May 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/khn-11-may-2022.md) - America's response to addiction relies on fixing this website Provided thoughts on findtreatment.gov and how to improve this vital resource.
- [WVPB/NPR West Virginia (7 April  2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wvpb-npr-7-april-2022.md) - Even After Death, Stories Of Recovery Can Give Hope About the power of narratives when talking about addiction.
- [Buzzfeed News (20 Feb 2022)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/buzzfeed-news-20-feb-2022.md) - Here’s What the Overdose Death Trial of Major League Baseball Pitcher Tyler Skaggs Missed About America’s Opioid Crisis Provided thoughts on the inadequacy of criminal justice approaches to addiction.
- [Vox/Recode (12 July 2021)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/vox-recode-12-july-2021.md) - The struggle to make health apps truly private Why privacy and patient advocates are worried that substance use disorder apps aren’t keeping data private.
- [TechCrunch (7 July 2021)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/techcrunch-7-july-2021.md) - Opioid addiction treatment apps found sharing sensitive data with third parties Widely used apps are accessing unique device identifiers that can track users.
- [Financial Times (7 July 2021)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/financial-times-7-july-2021.md) - Opioid addiction apps access personal data, study finds Platforms gain entry to sensitive user information such as phone number and IP address.
- [Report 1](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/report-1.md)
- [WVPB/NPR West Virginia Morning 🔊(10 May 2017)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/wvpb-west-virginia-morning-10-may-2017.md) - The language of addiction and how it affects treatment outcomes Laura Lander and I talk with Jesse Wright about addiction and how important accurate news coverage is to reducing stigma associated with the current opioid crisis, starting at the 6:35 mark. 🔊8min listen

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