On March 2, the Health Policy Institute of Ohio’s (HPIO) Addiction Evidence Advisory Group on Children, Youth, and Families met to tackle the fourth phase of the Addiction Evidence Project – children’s services. Ohio Academy of Family Physicians Executive Vice President Ann Spicer serves on this advisory group. To date, HPIO has published policy and inventory scorecards on prevention, treatment, and recovery; overdose reversal and other forms of harm reduction; and law enforcement and the criminal justice system.
Addiction is a complex problem at the root of many of Ohio’s greatest health challenges. Ohio policy makers have responded to the addiction crisis with many policy changes primarily focusing on opiate addition. HPIO launched the Addition Evidence Project to provide policymakers and other stakeholders with information needed to evaluate Ohio’s policy response to the addiction crisis and to continually improve strategies to address substance use disorders in a comprehensive, effective and efficient way.