This document from four of the longest-tenured and well-respected organizations in the addiction sphere outlines three major strategic priorities for addressing the opioid crisis with potential opioid settlement money. These include:

1) Enhancing public education to correct long-held misconceptions and to create informed demand for more effective policies and interventions

2) Implementing evidence-based, community-wide prevention and early intervention to reduce the incidence of opioid use disorder (OUD) and overdose

3) Modernizing OUD treatment by integrating it with mainstream healthcare and increase access to evidence-based addiction support and treatment services