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MDHHS and Vital Strategies are partnering with community-based organizations to launch a public arts campaign aimed at broadening awareness of the drug overdose crisis in Michigan.

Holding JUUL accountable to address youth vaping is just a start. States must also be held accountable for investing in evidence-based programs to prevent and reduce tobacco use.

George Floyd’s death has been a defining moment in U.S. history. As witnesses to his brutal murder, we have been forever changed by it. And while this verdict is a step toward justice, we know how much more work is ahead.

At Vital Strategies, we are at a loss for words, worse, we are struggling not to lose hope at what seems to be an interminable loss of Black lives at the hands of police officers, and the too-low level of urgency and too-slow pace for addressing the public health crisis of police violence.

As overdose continues to devastate Michigan communities, Michigan Liberation and Vital Strategies announced the launch of a new project, “Care, Not Criminalization.”

Vital Strategies, home to the Resolve to Save Lives (RTSL) initiative, announced today that after four years of rapid expansion, RTSL will become a fully independent, U.S.-based and registered nonprofit organization, effective by June 2022.

The Michigan Department of Health and Human Services has partnered with Vital Strategies to launch a media campaign to promote the critical importance of harm reduction services in Michigan’s response to the opioid epidemic.

"It’s encouraging to see the incoming Administration’s commitment to basing decisions on science, implementing a well-organized whole-of-government response, and communicating clearly and openly with the public."

As part of the Michigan Opioid Partnership activities, the Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, in partnership with Vital Strategies, announced grants to ten community foundations located throughout Michigan to reduce overdose deaths by expanding harm reduction services.