Source: Health Policy Institute of Ohio
Federal money that states get to combat the opioid crisis will be available starting next year to address the growing problem of methamphetamine, cocaine, and other psychostimulant addiction (Source: “States Get OK to Shift U.S. Opioid Funding to Growing Meth, Cocaine Problems,” Cincinnati Enquirer, December 26, 2019).
U.S. Senator Rob Portman announced approval of the bipartisan Combating Meth and Cocaine Act, which means that states will have more flexibility in spending Opioid Response Grant funds.
Health officials in several states have been urging the federal government for months for flexibility in spending anti-opioid money.