Katie Espling News Today

PRESQUE ISLE, Maine — Outside the Mi’kmaq Nation’s health department sits a dome-shaped tent, built by hand from saplings and covered in black canvas. It’s one of several sweat lodges

Funds from the settlement with opioid manufacturers are allowing communities to address addiction. In tribal nations, the traditional ways appear to be best.

The decline in fatal overdoses could be a hopeful sign that the many interventions put in place are having positive consequences.

Naloxone, also known by the brand name Narcan, can reverse overdose effects from drugs like heroin, oxycodone and fentanyl.