Trump Administration Awards Almost $2 Billion In Grants To Help Fight Opioid Crisis

reports that “the Trump Administration announced...it will award $1.8 billion in grant funding to state and local governments to bolster treatment and prevention efforts in the battle against the opioid epidemic.” The article says that the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration “awarded $932 million in state opioid response grants,” while the CDC “will receive $900 million over three years to improve opioid overdose tracking and other drug-related data.” https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/09/04/trump-offering-2-million-grants-fight-opioid-epidemic-states/2209579001/