House Public Health Chairman Sam Creekmore, R-New Albany, gives a legislative update Addiction and Recovery Summit during the third annual Northeast Mississippi Addiction and Recovery Summit in Tupelo, Miss., Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2024. Credit: Eric Shelton/Mississippi Today
One of the state’s two top public health lawmakers told Mississippi Today he plans to take legislative action to ensure cities and counties spend opioid settlement money on addressing mental health, an issue he said was brought to light by the newsroom’s r
