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Crow Wing County updates BLADE opioid plan; Narcan vending, local grants cited as tools
Summary
County staff and community partners described how federal opioid-settlement dollars are being used by the Brainerd Lakes Area Drug Education (BLADE) coalition, including jail Narcan access and community grants to local providers.
Crow Wing County officials and community partners updated the county board on local use of federal opioid-settlement dollars during a March meeting, highlighting a jail Narcan vending machine, a county-approved opioid-crisis blueprint and community grants to local treatment and outreach organizations.
The report said Crow Wing County signed on to the federal opioid settlement and in 2022 the state legislature assigned public health responsibility for strategizing how the dollars would be spent. County staff reported the community-led Brainerd Lakes Area Drug Education (BLADE) coalition used community…
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