Public health seeks JUUL settlement RFA, proposes opioid 'spike' exercise for resource sharing
Interim Public Health Director Matthew Marmor said he is preparing an RFA to use JUUL settlement funds similarly to opioid funding and proposed running an Opioid Committee exercise to define overdose 'spikes' and share resources; county uses a three‑overdose threshold in 24 hours for alerts.
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Matthew Marmor, Interim Director of Public Health, told the board he is preparing an RFA to allocate JUUL settlement funds in a manner similar to prior opioid funds and proposed using the Opioid Committee to rehearse a county response to overdose spikes. "There is an opportunity with the Opioid Committee to set up an exercise of a round the table discussion of what to do for a spike alert, how many overdoses are a spike and how to share resources," Marmor said.
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