The Opioid Industry Documents Archive (OIDA) is a digital archive co-created by the University of California, San Francisco and Johns Hopkins University containing millions of documents from the opioid industry that shed light on the root causes of the opioid crisis.

DAY 1: Health Policy and Law

This group of experts will explore how laws and policies are being developed to prevent further harms from the opioid crisis, and the critical role of document disclosure as a means to improve public health. 

• 12:00-12:15 Welcome (Caleb Alexander, Johns Hopkins University) 
• 12:15-1:00 Keynote (Keith Ellison, Minnesota Attorney General’s Office)  
• 1:00-1:30 Presentation #1 (Aaron Kesselheim, Harvard University) 
• 1:30-2:00 Presentation #2 (Regina LaBelle, Georgetown University)
• 2:00-2:25 Facilitated Discussion (Adam Koon, Johns Hopkins University) 
• 2:25-2:30 Wrap-up (Caleb Alexander) 

OIDA was launched by UCSF and Johns Hopkins in March 2021 as a free public resource. The digital repository includes publicly disclosed documents arising from litigation brought against opioid manufacturers, distributors, pharmacies and consultants by local and state governments and tribal communities. Read more

The Hopkins team includes faculty and staff from the schools of Public Health, Medicine, Nursing, and Engineering, the Welch Medical Library, and the Sheridan Llibraries' Digital Research and Curation Center.