The Power of a Wiki
In April, we were thrilled to launch the OPI Opioid Settlement Wiki. It provided the most comprehensive and up-to-date information about opioid settlements for each state and territory. Plus a Spanish language version (💃)! Plus a lot of OPI's research into reporting waste, fraud, abuse, and mismanagement (WFAM) and unallowable spending. Plus updated links to state resources. Plus plain-language writing style (and on and on).
Our continuous improvement approach is built on conducting monitoring scans every few months. This allows us to catch broken links and other outdated info. And, because it is a wiki, anyone can contribute to these pages (with mods approving all edits).
Round 1 Improvements
- Fixed 3 broken external links that had been sending readers to dead pages, including Montana's fraud hotline, Georgia's opioid trust contact form, and Maryland's Inspector General form. All links worked on launch, so this shows that even subtle changes can lead to important information access issues (also, use redirects people!!)
- Added a link to Michigan's unallowable spending list.
- Fixed a History bug across all pages. The changes were being recorded, as is true of all wiki websites, but the history page was not accessible because of a url error. Oops. You can now actually see edits for each page.
- Fixed a Login bug across some pages. Occasionally, there was a URL issue due to the /en/ or /sp/ being part of the URL. That means on some pages when you clicked "login" it didn't send people to the login page where they can make edits. Double oops. Now fixed.
- Brought the Spanish wiki fully in sync with English. There had been some drift after English edits were made.
- We have a form that people can use if they can't/don't want to create an account for wiki edits:
https://opioidpolicy.fillout.com/wiki-form - Moderator application form: https://opioidpolicy.fillout.com/wiki-mod
- Removed every reference to the discussion board. We shut it down yesterday. Read more here:
Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
Get involved
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Find your state and see how settlement funds are being managed. Does something need to be updated? Sign up and suggest an edit. It's your resource.
Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
Why Trust Us?
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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