Opioid Abuse

Sixteen States to Share $20 Million to Prevent Opioid Deaths; HHS Requesting More Funding

Joan Flynn
September 6, 2015 at 14:59:00 ET
Sixteen states have been selected to share $20 million in federal funding to prevent prescription drug overdoses in fiscal year 2015 under a program announced by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Sept. 4. The new program, Prescription Drug Overdose: Prevention for States, will give states some of the additional resources and expertise they need to help prevent ov... Read More