Texas Harm Reduction Alliance announced the first infusion of federal opioid settlement funds – about $1.5 million for the city and the county each.
has promised another $750,000 in this year’s county budget for harm reduction.
THRA and other advocates are urging the city and county to create a community advisory council to oversee the funding allocation – without it, they worry “the status quo will continue – funding broken systems, piecemeal solutions, and leading to increased overdose deaths.” Despite the county’s infusion of $350,000 toward the issue last year, fentanyl-related deaths more than doubled in 2022.
Ferguson says without Medicaid covering methadone, only a medical doctor can prescribe it, which raises barriers for organizations like CMS to provide it reliably and consistently. So, funding has to come from local bodies, and “historically, it's gone toward inpatient, abstinence-based detox – unsubstantiated treatments, with no evidence to show that they reduce mortality. It's a tragedy, we have the gold standard, it’s just behind lock and key.
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