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#OpioidSettlement funds cannot be misspent. Too many lives are on the line.

Join me and Shatterproof to call for a transparent process for allocating these funds. takeaction.shatterproof.org/omarpLP

The MI Assoc of Counties is working to increase transparency around opioid settlement spending in Michigan with the Opioid Settlement Resource Center. Learn more: micounties.org/opioid-settlem…
#opioidspending #opioidsettlement #harmreductionworks #transparency #savealife #endoverdose

Conduit Street #Podcast : Digging Into the #Opioid Deal...h/t to #Baltimore Baltimore City Delegation Cory McCray for this week's intro!

Listen ➡️ bit.ly/3pOv2P5

#MDpolitics #MDGA22 #opioidsettlement #news #infrastructure #elections #COVID19 #health #CountiesMatter #MACoCon

Learn how Michigan plans to divide its opioid settlement dollars. Visit the Michigan HHS Dept new Settlement Spending webpage: michigan.gov/opioids/opioid…
#opioidspending #opioidsettlement #harmreductionworks #endoverdose

A thread on #OpioidSettlement funds

Today, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health released opioidprinciples.jhsph.edu which outlines 5 key areas to ensure state policymakers don't repeat the mistakes of the past with the tobacco settlements funds and use these dollars in the best possible ways. 1/

NEW with Jess Bresler (@NUSL '20) in the Journal of Legal Medicine Taylor & Francis Research Insights:

#TheOtherThreeWaves : Re-assessing the Impact of Industry–Prescriber Relations on the #OpioidCrisis tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10… #Opioids #OverdoseCrisis #OpioidLitigation #OpioidSettlement

#OpioidSettlement funds cannot be misspent. Too many lives are on the line. Archive: Governor Andrew Cuomo please enact A6395/S7194 today!

Happening NOW: We're in Albany demanding that #OpioidSettlement dollars be spent on addiction services—not potholes.

Tune in to the live stream: youtu.be/6rUenKGVyrE

#OpioidSettlement Attorney got Millions! #RehabIndustrialComplex getting Billions and this is the result? Arizona passed Laws favorable to Chronic Pain and it obviously means nothing!

Know of a city, county, or state who's #opioidsettlement planning aligns with the Principles?

Nominate them for the next round of Awards!

tinyurl.com/php339bu

NACo NACCHO Vital Strategies Community Education Group

In Nevada, #OpioidSettlement dollars are going to be spent wisely thanks to two new pieces of legislation.

Courtney Gallo Hunter 🇺🇦 joined @GovSisolak for the bill signing last week!

shatterproof.org/blog/two-new-l…

This would be great if all media would report the actual issues going on with the #overdosecrisis . By focusing on Rx medications, you’re contributing to more drug poisonings & #suicide . #opioidsettlement #harmreduction #prevention #recovery #treatment #epitwitter #publichealth

Louisville friends, the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission has granted your request and scheduled a second town hall on December 15th at Brandeis Elementary School at 6PM: ag.ky.gov/OAAC/12.15.22%… #SUD #OUD #KYrecovery #opioidsettlement

SB 609 (Sater) perfected by the Senate. Ensures that any #opioid settlement dollars received by Missouri are ONLY used for #opioid treatment and related law enforcement--not general revenue. #moleg #opioid crisis

Exciting development today--a broad coalition of groups, coordinated by Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, released a set of principles outlining how state and localities should determine how to spend money from the #opioidsettlement
opioidprinciples.jhsph.edu

.Governor Kathy Hochul Carl E. Heastie NYS Senate Democrats Gustavo Rivera Linda B. Rosenthal “the #OriginalRosenthal” Dr. Chinazo Cunningham Dr. Mary T. Bassett We MUST invest NY #OpioidSettlement funds into #HarmReduction and #OverdosePrevention Centers!

➡️'A record number of ppl died of drug-involved #overdose deaths in 2020 in NY.'

An interdisciplinary group of over 20 organizations has given their support for 5 guiding principles to use the #opioidsettlement funds to save lives from the #opioidcrisis . What brought them together? Find out:

#OpioidSettlement Meanwhile hundreds of thousands of sisters and brothers languished or are languishing in #prison over #drug charges #Doublestandard #WarOnDrugs

Really sad to silent #BIPOC voices
And not be transparent with those recommendations. #michigan #opioidsettlement #harmreduction #discrimination #oppression #journalism Outlier Media Opioid Litigation Principles