Encyclopedia
This crowdsourced encyclopedia will capture how the opioid crisis was experienced in all fifty states from a variety of perspectives: state legislators, public health officials, doctors, journalists, attorneys, opioid safety coalitions, municipalities, etc.
If you have experienced the opioid crisis firsthand, you are encouraged to contribute your story.
Crowdsourced list of opioid safety coalitions and nonprofits in all 50 states
(If you are an opioid safety coalition, you are invited to join our Google Group by sending an email to )
Crowdsourced compilation of opioid crisis research
State Legislators
Pennsylvania State Senate Democratic Leader Jay Costa, Jr.
Kansas State Representative John R Eplee
Maine State Representative Anne Perry
Indiana Republican Majority Caucus Chair and State Senator Jim Merritt
Maine Assistant Senate Majority Leader Amy Volk
Louisiana State Senator Regina Barrow
Ohio State Senator Joe Schiavoni
Alaska State Representative Matt Claman
Virginia State Delegate John Bell
Arkansas State Representative Justin Boyd
Delaware State Representative Ruth Briggs King
Massachusetts State Representative Will Crocker
Minnesota State Representative Dave Baker
Minnesota State Representative Jeremy Munson
Massachusetts State Senator James Welch
Minnesota State Representative and Chair of Ways and Means Committee Lyndon Carlson
Nebraska State Senator Sara E Howard
Florida State Senator and Democratic Whip Lori Berman
New Hampshire State Representative Amanda Bouldin
New Hampshire State Representative Max Abramson
New Hampshire State Representative Wendy Thomas
Tennessee Deputy Speaker and State Senator Janice Bowling
Tennessee State Representative Harold M. Love
Minnesota State Senator Chris Eaton
Maryland State Senator Addie Eckardt
Vermont State Representative Linda Joy Sullivan
Missouri State Representative Robert Sauls
Connecticut State Representative Brian Lanoue
Kentucky State Senator Chris McDaniel
New Mexico State Representative Andrea Romero
Connecticut State Representative Lucy Dathan
West Virginia State Delegate Mike Pushkin
North Carolina State Representative Joe Sam Queen
Wyoming State Representative Charles Pelkey
Maryland State Delegate Mike McKay
Utah State Representative Raymond Ward
Michigan State Representative Julie Brixie
Vermont State Representative Felisha Leffler
Missouri State Representative Holly Rehder
Washington State Representative Strom Peterson
Mississippi State Representative Joel Bomgar
North Dakota State Senator Howard C. Anderson Jr.
New Jersey State Assemblyman John Armato
Arizona State Representative Pamela Powers Hannley
North Carolina State Senator Danny Britt Jr.
Texas State Representative Ina Minjarez
Vermont State Representative Nader Hashim
Rhode Island State Representative David Place
Louisiana State Representative Kirk Talbot
Municipal Officials
Kevin Thompson. Councilman - Mesa, Arizona
Steve Chirico. Mayor of Naperville, Illinois
Patty Gustin. Councilwoman - Naperville, Illinois
Jamie Horner. Police Social Worker - Naperville, Illinois
Jennifer Kimball. Deputy City Manager - Rockville, Maryland
Dave Sanner. Director of the Erie County Office of Drug and Alcohol Abuse - Erie, Pennsyvania
Mario Bastianelli. Lieutenant of the Sterling Heights Police Department - Sterling Heights, Michigan
Mike Sanders. Housing and Homeless Coordinator - Fairbanks, West Virginia
Jan Rader. Fire Chief of Huntington, West Virginia
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Public Health
Greg Lakin. Kansas Chief Medical Officer. Kansas Department of Health and Environment.
Dr. Katrina Hedberg. State Epidemiologist and State Health Officer. Oregon Health Authority
Dr. Christopher Ringwalt. Adjunct Professor, Dept of Health Behavior, UNC Chapel Hill.
Dr. Jay Butler. Chief Medical Officer, Alaska Division of Public Health
Dr. Robert Valuck. Director, Colorado Consortium for Prescription Drug Abuse Prevention
Paul Krupski, Director of Opioid Initiatives, Wisconsin Department of Health Services
Robert Bernstein, Health Officer, Tuolumne County Public Health, California
Louise Stanger, Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Professional Interventionist
Meghan McCormick, Epidemiologist, Rhode Island Department of Health
Thomas Denninger, Regional Director of Clinical Excellence, ATI Physical Therapy
Dr. Roneet Lev, Director of Operations, Scripps Mercy Emergency Department, San Diego Campus
Joshua Crouch, Program Manager, Inland Empire Health Plan
Terri Stratton, Executive Director, El Dorado Community Health Center
Dr. Karyl Rattay, Director, Delaware Division of Public Health and State Health Official
Opioid Safety Coalitions
Lizzie Maldonado, Co-Founder, OD Aid, Texas
Journalists
Rich Lord, Journalist, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Pam Lehman, Journalist, The Morning Call (Pennsylvania)
Lawrence Lanahan, Freelance Print and Radio Journalist. Baltimore
John Luciew, Journalist, PennLive.com
Justine Griffin, Health and Medicine Reporter, Tampa Bay Times
Attorneys
Iliana Peters, Attorney and Shareholder, Polsinelli Law Firm
Thomas Ferrante, Senior Counsel and Board Certified Health Care Lawyer, Foley & Lardner LLP
Bob Wade, Attorney and Partner, Healthcare Department, Barnes & Thornburg LLP