> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://news.opioidpolicy.org/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # MiDUD (Part 4) - URL: https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-4/ - Published: 2026-04-13T12:54:21.000Z - Updated: 2026-04-13T12:54:21.000Z - Description: Michigan Advance news coverage of MiSUD - Author: Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD) - Tags: Research, Treatment in America, Find Bupe, Digital Health # [Critics say Michigan’s addiction treatment locator plagued by access and data issues](https://michiganadvance.com/2026/04/13/critics-say-michigans-addiction-treatment-locator-plagued-by-access-and-data-issues/) 🤡 If you're new here, the short version: the State of Michigan built an addiction treatment locator, launched it despite knowing it was broken, and continues to actively promote a broken resource. Will there be accountability? Will there be a functional way for people to find evidence-based addiction treatment in Michigan? Stay tuned to find out! 🚨Important coverage from [Kyle Davidson](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) at [Michigan Advance](https://www.linkedin.com/feed/#) this morning about the MiSUD addiction treatment locator tool ***still*** being broken two months after our testimony (and \~18 months after launch). **Hits on all the highlights (lowlights):** 1. Doesn't work on mobile (still) 2. Doesn't route people to the PHIP (Michigan-specific thing IYKYK) 3. Doesn't have all the places it should and has places it shouldn't 4. Privacy issues 5. Doesn't have relevant data for folks (pregnant, co-occuring, etc) 6. The website can't fix the biggest problem, which is that no matter the website the treatment infrastructure is a nightmare to navigate with multiple phone calls and other barriers **Again, this is the format MDHHS considers to be usable on mobile (that's real):** [![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/2026/02/miSUD.png)](https://app.powerbigov.us/view?r=eyJrIjoiM2Y0NzNhZWUtMmE0Ni00MmExLWFkMGYtYWY2YjI1OTMyNWJlIiwidCI6ImQ1ZmI3MDg3LTM3NzctNDJhZC05NjZhLTg5MmVmNDcyMjVkMSJ9) Android Chrome browser screenshot (3.12.26 - verified 4.13.26). It has been this way since September 2025\. It was just as bad from Nov 2024 - Sept 2025. ## What we're (*still*) demanding We continue to call on MDHHS to rethink tools like the MiSUD Addiction Treatment Locator and view them as critical government infrastructure. ### OPI's recommendations to address this problem: 1. **Immediately halt promotion** of the MiSUD Locator until its deficiencies are resolved. (They just promoted it again on Facebook a couple of weeks ago.) 2. **Redirect MiSUD web traffic** to FindTreatment.gov 3. **Establish accountability** for the decisions to launch and promote a tool known to be deficient. 1. This lands at the MDHHS director's desk, who said, [*“I am proud of the work we have done to expand access to substance use disorder treatment for Michigan families,”* said Elizabeth Hertel, MDHHS director. *“This tool can help residents find treatment and recovery locations across the state to ensure they are connected to the services they need when and where they need them.”*](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26218927-for-immediate-release-sud-mapping-tool-added-to-mi-bridges-site-to-help-residents-find-treatment-and-recovery-providers/#document/p1/a2676693) 2. Seriously. 4. **Engage the public** in a genuine evaluation of whether Michigan should build a proper state-level locator and what that would entail. Let us know what you think and what you're seeing in your community. We're here to help and open to feedback. 🎯 ***Remember** *: This addiction treatment locator website was launched during an addiction crisis.* **People are trying to find life-saving services.* ***If you announce a way for people to find life saving services, people are going to use it... so it better work.** ## Check out the news coverage: ## The backstory [MiDUD (Part 3)I doubt that’s what MVP means... why “good enough” isn’t good enough for public health infrastructure![](https://static.ghost.org/v5.0.0/images/link-icon.svg)Opioid Policy InstituteJonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/size/w1200/2026/03/finding-care.png)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-3/) [MiDUD (Part 2)UPDATE: We Testified Before the Michigan Legislature Yesterday![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/icon/8bit-OPI-and-Opioid-Policy-Institute-500x500---square-tricolor-46.png)Opioid Policy InstituteJonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/thumbnail/Testimony-Card.png)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-2/) [MiDUD (Part 1)Behind the scenes of the disastrous Michigan’s MiSUD addiction treatment locator website![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/icon/8bit-OPI-and-Opioid-Policy-Institute-500x500---square-tricolor-45.png)Opioid Policy InstituteJonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)![](https://storage.ghost.io/c/96/d5/96d508b5-cdb3-41b4-8b42-c402c3098b68/content/images/thumbnail/finding-care.png)](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/midud-part-1/) [Support Our Work ❤️](https://donate.stripe.com/cN2g1p3jIdrw1W0cMM) --- [Opioid Policy Institute](https://news.opioidpolicy.org/) by [Jonathan JK Stoltman, PhD](https://opioidpolicy.org/team) is licensed under [CC BY-NC-SA 4.0![](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/cc.svg?ref=chooser-v1)![](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/by.svg?ref=chooser-v1)![](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/nc.svg?ref=chooser-v1)![](https://mirrors.creativecommons.org/presskit/icons/sa.svg?ref=chooser-v1)](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/?ref=chooser-v1)