Texas entered into a settlement with multiple pharmaceutical companies aimed at funding local efforts to prevent opioid addiction.
Since then, fentanyl fueled a staggering 110,236 overdose deaths in 2022, according to the CDC."People were prescribed opioids and over-prescribed them for years, and then, once they became addicted, they turned street drugs and try to get their needs met in a different way," said Ormand."It's in about every street drug that there is, to even marijuana," said Ormand.
The settlement money is now being distributed to cities based on a formula that includes the number of overdoses in a community. The City of Dallas will be making recommendations about how the city should use the nearly $1 million in settlement money from drug manufacturers next month.Distribution of Naloxone, a drug that can reverse the effects of opioidsDrug disposal and syringe servicesSupport to prevent over-prescribing, misuse, and overdose
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