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Recovery advocates urge Washington County to direct opioid settlement funds to county drug-and-alcohol authority
Summary
Several residents and program participants told the Washington County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 6 that opioid settlement funds should be awarded to the Washington County Drug and Alcohol Commission, which coordinates treatment and recovery services in the county.
Several residents and program participants told the Washington County Board of Commissioners on Nov. 6 that opioid settlement funds should be awarded to the Washington County Drug and Alcohol Commission, which coordinates treatment and recovery services in the county.
"We have been consistently overlooked for funding, leaving many critical services completely unfunded," Cheryl Andrews, executive director of the Washington County Drug and Alcohol Commission, told the board. She said WDAC applied twice for opioid-settlement funds to cover rising treatment costs and was denied, and that she was later told by the human services administrator not to apply for…
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