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Mississippi cities and counties, lacking state guidance, spend millions of opioid settlement dollars on general expenses
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/18/25-12:30PM , 1,101 Reads 10,952 Statewide
Less than $1 million of the $15.5 million local governments have received is being spent to address addiction. A psychiatrist called the spending “complete and utter bullshit.”
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How we created the local opioid settlement database
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Thu,09/18/25-12:24PM , 452 Reads 7,433 Statewide
This story is part of our series, The Black Box: Inside Mississippi’s opioid settlement spending. Explore the series.
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Mississippi Today opens ‘black box’ of opioid settlement spending
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Tue,09/16/25-1:02PM , 1,032 Reads 9,834 Statewide
Mississippi Today filed public records requests with 147 cities, towns and counties to find out how each is – or isn’t – spending opioid settlement dollars. Here’s what we found.
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Rep. Sam Creekmore, chair of the House Public Health and Human Services Committee, speaks during a press conference on ibogaine at the Mississippi State Capitol in Jackson, Miss., on Thursday, Aug. 28, 2025. Mississippi lawmakers are considering whether to fund clinical trials of the drug as a treatment for opioid addiction. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today

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Lawmakers explore using opioid settlement money to study the drug ibogaine
By ALLEN SIEGLER - MISSISSIPPI TODAY
Fri,08/29/25-2:52PM , 843 Reads 12,871 Statewide
It’s unclear whether the drug, unauthorized for medical use by FDA, can effectively treat opioid addiction.
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