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Las Cruces council approves $2.9 million first tranche of opioid settlement funds for treatment, prevention and naloxone
Summary
City Council approved a resolution to allocate roughly $2.95 million — about 30% of the city's expected opioid settlement receipts — to a two-year program focused on treatment, prevention and evaluation, including $82,000 for naloxone and roughly $1.5 million for contracted treatment services.
Las Cruces City Council voted unanimously to approve a plan to spend an initial $2,945,053 from opioid settlement funds on treatment, prevention and evaluation of opioid-related harms.
The resolution, approved on Aug. 18, 2025, directs roughly 30% of the city's expected settlement distributions into a two-year tranche. The city has received about $3.8 million so far and is expected to receive just under $10 million through 2038. The proposal earmarks $82,000 to purchase naloxone for first responders, roughly $1.5 million for contracted treatment services, $175,000 for Las Cruces Public Schools' social-emotional learning prevention programming and $175,000 for Las Cruces Police Department…
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