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# The National Desk📽️ (18 October 2024)
- URL: https://news.opioidpolicy.org/the-national-desk-18-october-2024/
- Published: 2024-10-18T21:00:00.000Z
- Updated: 2024-11-11T04:16:00.000Z
- Author: Jonathan JK Stoltman (PhD)
- Tags: In the News, Video, Opioid Settlement Money, Reporting on Addiction

### [**Priorities for Opioid Settlement Money: Spend Now vs. Invest for Future**](https://thenationaldesk.com/news/spotlight-on-america/priorities-for-opioid-settlement-money-spend-now-vs-invest-for-future-west-virginia-sober-living-solutions-opioid-policy-institute-oxycontin-centers-for-disease-control)

***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 put out the flames. Right?”*

*“This has been a public health crisis for 20-plus years,” said Jonathan Stoltman, Executive Director of the* [Opioid Policy Institute](https://opioidpolicy.org/)*. “We need to get that money in the community and start saving lives today.”*

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