Federal Grants ‘A Lifesaver’ In Opioid Fight, But States Still Struggle To Curb Meth

(By Carmen Heredia Rodriguez and Elizabeth Lucas and Orion Donovan-Smith for Kaiser Health News)

In his 40 years of working with people struggling with addiction, David Crowe has seen various drugs fade in and out of popularity in Pennsylvania’s Crawford County.

Methamphetamine use and distribution is a major challenge for the rural area, said Crowe, the executive director of Crawford County Drug and Alcohol Executive Commission. But opioid-related overdoses have killed at least 83 people in the county since 2015, he said.

Crowe said his organization has received just over $327,300 from key federal grants designed to curb the opioid epidemic. While the money was a godsend for the county — south of Lake Erie on the Ohio state line — he said, methamphetamine is still a major problem.  Continue reading article here…

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