WATCH: Voice of the People and Maryland Matters host forum on substance use disorder and treatment policies
Voice of the People is co-hosting a public consultation forum with Maryland Matters to discuss substance use issues based on a survey given to a representative sample of 747 residents of Maryland’s 6th District. The forum is focused on the substance use disorder crisis and policies in Congress to address it.
The livestream will begin around 3:30 p.m.
This unique public policy experiment, created by the University of Maryland’s Program for Public Consultation, seeks to put the average American in the decision-making shoes of their congressional representatives — and sow common ground and build public policy polling at the same time.
Read our prior coverage:
In effort to improve public policy, simulations put everyday people in policymakers’ shoes
Danielle E. Gaines
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Danielle Gaines worked for Maryland Matters from September 2018 to January 2024. She covered government and politics for Maryland Matters for two years before moving into an editing position, ultimately serving as editor-in-chief for nearly three years. Previously, she spent six years at The Frederick News-Post ― as the paper’s principal government and politics reporter for half that time, covering courts and legal affairs before that. She also reported for the now-defunct The Gazette of Politics and Business in Maryland and previously worked as a county government and education reporter at The Merced Sun-Star in California’s Central Valley.
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