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Opioids and Organ Donations: A Tale of Two Crises

Nick Bowman At least 42,249 Americans died from opioid overdoses in 2016, a 28 percent increase...
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Human Services & Public Safety Committee

Brice Wiggins

2025-2026 ChairSenator Mississippi

Jim Burgin

2025-2026 Vice ChairSenatorNorth Carolina

Erin Twomey Partin

Committee LiaisonPolicy AnalystGeorgia

CSG South’s Human Services & Public Safety Committee addresses challenges states face in the areas of human services and corrections, as well as policies and programs that address them. The committee frequently undertakes assessments of pressing health issues including the national opioid crisis, organ donations, long-term care, aging inmate populations, female offenders, and mental health parity in prisons.