The District is barred from using more than $12 million in opioid lawsuit settlement dollars until city officials clear bureaucratic hurdles, which they say will happen by September.
from the city medical examiner’s office. The pace of overdose deaths has held steady in 2023, with 152 in the first four months of the year — a toll that city data shows has disproportionately affected older Black men.
“I’m a little concerned that it’s kind of moving [more] slowly than it should and especially as this crisis continues to grow,” Lane said. “If the trends continue the way they are, 2023 will also be a record year, and if it’s another record year then what is that saying about the current efforts?”Department of Behavioral Health officials said they have worked steadily to lay the groundwork for the commission to begin spending dollars as soon as possible, given bureaucratic hurdles.
Each state uses a different process to decide how to spend settlement dollars. Virginia and Maryland have divvied up funds to cities and counties and set up state-level authorities and boards to distribute additional grants. In Virginia, which expects to receive $1.1 billion over the life of the settlements, one such grant will fund the creation of a treatment center that will provide post-detox and recovery services for women.
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