{"id":36392,"date":"2024-04-08T00:00:07","date_gmt":"2024-04-08T04:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/?p=36392"},"modified":"2024-04-11T03:04:49","modified_gmt":"2024-04-11T07:04:49","slug":"native-america-calling-how-will-1-5-billion-in-opioid-settlement-money-help-the-populations-hit-the-hardest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2024\/04\/08\/native-america-calling-how-will-1-5-billion-in-opioid-settlement-money-help-the-populations-hit-the-hardest\/","title":{"rendered":"Native America Calling: How will $1.5 billion in opioid settlement money help the populations hit the hardest?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"card mb-2\">\r\n  <div class=\"row\">\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-4 align-self-center\">\r\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/nativeamericacalling.jpg\" class=\"img-fluid\" alt=\"native america calling\"\/>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n    <div class=\"col-md-8\">\r\n      <div class=\"card-body\">\r\n        <div class=\"h5-responsive card-title\">Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n           Listen to Native America Calling every weekday at 1pm Eastern.\r\n        <\/div>\r\n        <div>\r\n          <!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\r\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1859-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3\">http:\/\/playerservices.streamtheworld.com\/api\/livestream-redirect\/NV1.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div>\r\n\t\t\tAlternate Links: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nv1.org\/\">Native Voice One<\/a> |\r\n\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\">NAC<\/a>\r\n\t\t\r\n      <\/div>\r\n    <\/div>\r\n  <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"h3-responsive font-weight-bold\"><\/div>\r\n<div class=\"date\">Monday, April 8, 2024<\/div>\r\n<div class=\"source-links\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/\"><i class=\"fas fa-link fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling.com<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/nativeamericacalling\/\"><i class=\"fab fa-instagram fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n&nbsp;<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/nativeamericacalling\"><i class=\"fab fa-facebook fa-xs\"><\/i> nativeamericacalling<\/a>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">How will $1.5 billion in opioid settlement money help the populations hit the hardest? <\/div>\r\nThe Lummi Nation is among the tribes that continue to face serious threats from the ongoing opioid epidemic, despite their best efforts. \r\n<p><\/p>\r\nLawmakers in Washington State are poised to allocate millions of dollars in opioid litigation settlement money to the Lummi Nation and other tribes in an effort to stem troubling statistics that show Native Americans are overwhelmingly affected by opioid abuse. All across the country, tribes are working to find the most promising opioid treatments funded by dozens of settlements with pharmaceutical giants.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\nJoin Native America Calling to check in with the ongoing problem of Native opioid addiction and the best prospects for the $1.5 billion earmarked to help solve it.\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/08\/comments-due-on-department-of-defense-tribal-consultation-policy\/lummihealingpolepentagon\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-8743\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1536\" data-attachment-id=\"8743\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/2021\/03\/08\/comments-due-on-department-of-defense-tribal-consultation-policy\/lummihealingpolepentagon\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/08\/lummihealingpolepentagon.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2048,1536\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;Canon PowerShot S1 IS&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1095604801&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;9.807&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.00125&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Lummi Nation Healing Pole\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;Lummi Nation Healing Pole&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;A healing pole from the Lummi Nation is seen at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in September 2004. Photo by Indianz.Com &lt;a href=&quot;https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/&quot;&gt;(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)&lt;\/a&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/08\/lummihealingpolepentagon-1024x768.jpg\" src=\"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/08\/lummihealingpolepentagon.jpg\" alt=\"Lummi Nation Healing Pole\"   class=\"size-full wp-image-8743\" \/><\/a> <figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">A healing pole from the Lummi Nation is seen at the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, in September 2004. Photo by Indianz.Com <a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-nc-sa\/4.0\/\">(CC BY-NC-SA 4.0)<\/a><\/figcaption>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<div class=\"h5-responsive sub\">Guests on Native America Calling<\/div>\r\n  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tony-hillaire-9866a8112\/\">Anthony Hillaire<\/a> (Lummi), Chairman of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.lummi-nsn.gov\">Lummi Nation<\/a>\r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/cih.jhu.edu\/our-team\/andrea-medley\/\">Andrea Medley<\/a> (Haida), research associate with <a href=\"https:\/\/cih.jhu.edu\">Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health<\/a> \r\n<p><\/p>\r\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tim-purdon-3961a76\">Tim Purdon<\/a>, partner at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.robinskaplan.com\/professionals\/p\/timothy-purdon\">Robins Kaplan LLP<\/a>\r\n<P><\/P>\r\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius:12px\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"232\" frameBorder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; fullscreen; picture-in-picture\"><\/iframe>\r\n<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">All Episodes on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/4RE6juPYr7cl2Zsmb2zjq7?si=2a56e59533534bf9\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nativeamericacalling.com\/subscribe-to-podcast\/\">More Options<\/a>\r\n<\/figcaption>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"All across the country, tribes are working to find the most promising opioid treatments funded by dozens of settlements with pharmaceutical giants.","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8743,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10,19,13,1],"tags":[4749,4444,1846,243,133,1823,134,1934,314],"class_list":["post-36392","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-health","category-law","category-national","tag-andrea-medley","tag-anthony-hillaire","tag-lummi","tag-media","tag-native-america-calling","tag-opioids","tag-radio","tag-tim-purdon","tag-washington","no-wpautop"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/08\/lummihealingpolepentagon.jpg","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcoJ7g-9sY","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36392","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=36392"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36392\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":36395,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/36392\/revisions\/36395"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=36392"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=36392"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/indianz.com\/News\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=36392"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}