Metropolitan Digital

Google


.

Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds

  • Written by Halie Kampman, Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Geography, Penn State
Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement fundsIn Pennsylvania, local governments will decide which substance use programs to fund in their communities.Jeff Fusco/The Conversation U.S., CC BY-SA

In communities across Pennsylvania, local officials are deciding how to spend over US$2 billion dollars from the state’s opioid settlement agreements.

For many, the task is proving promising yet...

Read more: Pennsylvania counties face tough choices on spending $2B opioid settlement funds

More Articles ...

  1. FDA recall of blood pressure pills due to cancer-causing contaminant may point to higher safety risks in older generic drugs
  2. Always watching: How ICE’s plan to monitor social media 24/7 threatens privacy and civic participation
  3. House speaker’s refusal to seat Arizona representative is supported by history and law
  4. Overwhelm the public with muzzle-velocity headlines: A strategy rooted in racism and authoritarianism
  5. Who gets SNAP benefits to buy groceries and what the government pays for the program – in 5 charts
  6. AI could worsen inequalities in schools – teachers are key to whether it will
  7. Anxiety over school admissions isn’t limited to college – parents of young children are also feeling pressure, some more acutely than others
  8. Supreme Court soon to hear a religious freedom case that’s united both sides of the church-state divide
  9. Brewery waste can be repurposed to make nanoparticles that can fight bacteria
  10. The unraveling of workplace protections for delivery drivers: A tale of 2 workplace models