News & media
New book: The Tango of Ethics
3 January 2023 The Tango of Ethics: Intuition, Rationality and the Prevention of Suffering by OPIS Executive Director Jonathan Leighton is being […]OPIS December 2022 Newsletter
15 December 2022 Our latest newsletter was just sent out. It contains: reflections on totalitarianism and powerful AI an update on our […]Front-page story in Swiss daily 20 Minutes mentioning OPIS
31 August 2022 A front-page story mentioning OPIS in the widely circulated Swiss daily paper 20 Minutes on 26 August 2022 features […]OPIS December 2021 Newsletter
15 December 2021 In our latest newsletter we share our work on removing legal obstacles to the effective treatment of cluster headaches; […]OPIS partnership with TheraPsil to support cluster headache patients in Canada in accessing psilocybin
31 August 2021 OPIS is pleased to announce that it established a partnership earlier this year with TheraPsil to support cluster headache […]OPIS policy paper on legalising psilocybin for cluster headaches
10 November 2020 OPIS has released a policy paper that calls for legalising access to psilocybin and related substances for the treatment […]OPIS July 2020 Newsletter
9 July 2020 OPIS is dedicated to getting our ethical priorities right: attending urgently to the most intense suffering and embedding this […]New OPIS page on coronavirus COVID-19: facts and self-care
8 March 2020 OPIS has created a new page that summarises key information about the new coronavirus, how to protect yourself and […]Burkina Faso takes major step forward on palliative care and pain relief with successful conference
9 December 2019 The national conference on pain relief and palliative care in Burkina Faso, which OPIS co-organised last week on 2-3 […]OPIS co-organising national conference on palliative care & pain relief in Burkina Faso, 2-3 December 2019
6 October 2019 OPIS is pleased to announce that a national conference to promote palliative care and pain relief in Burkina Faso […]New book ”Seres que sienten” (“Sentient beings”) by OPIS Associate Manu Herrán
23 May 2019 OPIS Associate Manu Herrán has just published a new book about sentience titled ”Seres que sienten" ("Sentient beings”) in which […]Interview on Swiss public radio about access to morphine
21 March 2019 Reportage in French on Swiss public radio on the problem of access to morphine, including an interview with Jonathan […]OPIS featured in New Humanist article “The other opioid crisis”
10 December 2018 OPIS features in a new article by Niki Seth-Smith titled "The other opioid crisis" and appearing in today's edition of New […]OPIS collaboration with Hospice Burkina to promote access to morphine and palliative care in Burkina Faso
30 September 2018 Jonathan Leighton, Executive Director of OPIS, met at the end of September 2018 in Belgium with Dr. Martin Lankoande, an […]Interview with Manu Herrán about US opioid crisis in Spanish news network La Sexta
16 August 2018 OPIS associate Manu Herrán was interviewed by the Spanish news network "La Sexta" about the opioid crisis in the […]OPIS advocates at UN Human Rights Council for access to morphine
14 March 2018 Millions of children and adults in low- and middle- income countries, inflicted with terminal or life-threatening illnesses and suffering […]Announcement of OPIS’s founding on Swiss radio
28 June 2016 Announcement of OPIS's founding on Swiss radio station LFM (in French):
Press releases
10 November 2020
English: OPIS policy paper calls for legalisation of psilocybin for treatment of cluster headaches
2 December 2019
English: Burkina Faso takes major step forward on palliative care and access to morphine
French: Le Burkina Faso fait un pas en avant majeur en matière de soins palliatifs et d'accès à la morphine
Spanish: Burkina Faso da un gran paso adelante en cuidados paliativos y acceso a la morfina
14 March 2018
English: Morphine as a human right: Experts at UN event call for access to treatment for severe pain
Newsletters
December 2022: https://mailchi.mp/106e8af12947/opis-december-13469449
December 2021: https://mailchi.mp/7cd5415ebf3b/opis-december-2021
December 2020: https://mailchi.mp/ae6ec744f409/opis-december-2020
July 2020: https://mailchi.mp/cd42fbb6db11/opis-july-2020
November 2019: https://mailchi.mp/f8284bd190fd/opis-nov-2019