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Sumner County committee hears overdose decline and warns opioid-abatement payments will shrink
Summary
Committee members said local overdose deaths have fallen sharply since the body formed, but a grant administrator presented projections showing lower opioid-abatement payments ahead and urged caution when planning multi-year projects.
Sumner County opioid committee members on an April meeting discussed recent declines in local overdose deaths and reviewed state settlement payment projections that show declining future inflows to the county’s opioid-abatement account.
Committee members were told that statewide overdose mortality fell about 5 to 6 percent over the past three years and that Sumner County’s rate has fallen roughly 27 percent since the committee began. Grant administrator Dustin presented a county-by-county projection from the opioid abatement trust that, he said, shows the county’s next scheduled…
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