Board expands opioid working group into broader substance-use disorder group

Aug 26, 2026

The Board unanimously changed the opioid working group's mandate to a substance-use disorder working group to allow wider prevention and treatment conversations while staff check budget coding constraints tied to brain/mental health funding.

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The Dubuque County Board of Health voted on Aug. 26 to broaden the opioid working group into a substance-use disorder working group, enabling discussion of tobacco, cannabis, opioid and other substance-related prevention and recovery needs.

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