ECONOMIC IMPACT
Virginia Received Additional $9.7 M Grant to Fight Opioid Crisis
(13newsnow.com) RICHMOND, VA – Governor Northam announced Monday that Virginia received another $9.76 million in a federal grant to help fight the opioid epidemic. This is the second consecutive year that the Department of Behavioral
Feds Sending $2M More for State Addiction Programs
(vtdigger.org) RICHMOND, VT – Vermont’s efforts to combat the opioid epidemic are getting a $2 million boost from the federal government. The additional funding, announced Monday by U.S. Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., will expand state
Phil Murphy Details $100 Million for Opioids as Crisis Deepens
(courtesy of northjersey.com) NJ – Gov. Phil Murphy filled in the details Tuesday of how he intends to spend $100 million on what he called a strategic and data-driven effort to address an increasingly deadly opioid crisis.
Parents Lose Their Daughter And Their Life Savings To Opioids
(npr.org) Here are a few basic facts about opioids. In 2016, opioids were linked to more deaths in the United States than car crashes. They killed more people than breast cancer, even more than guns.
$1 Million for Opioid Education – Opioid Education Grant Hits Goal
(courtesy of therepublic.com) A matching-donation fund set up by a Columbus couple to support educational programs to prevent substance abuse reached its goal a week before the deadline. The $500,000 goal, which will result in
Cigna Says It Reduced Opioid Use By 25%
(photo: George Frey/Bloomberg) Cigna, one of America’s largest health insurers, says it has reduced the use of prescription opioids among its members by 25%. That percent reduction had been set as a goal in May 2016
