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HOLLIDAYSBURG — The state Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust is directing many counties, including Blair, to provide more information about their spending of money from the National Opioid Settlement. The trust, during a Thursday meeting at the Blair County Convention Center, reviewed a summary of expenses that most of the 67 counties filed in […]

(The Center Square) — The Pennsylvania opioid trust recently chose an accounting firm to steward the money dedicated to assuaging the impact of drugs and addiction in the commonwealth.

(The Center Square) — Pennsylvania’s opioid trust released an update of how much money it’s spent, giving the public a rare glimpse of its internal debates over what law-enforcement-related spending

(The Center Square) — Though discussed as a potential need in the spring, a summer meeting for the Pennsylvania Opioid Misuse and Addiction Abatement Trust will not take place.

One of the worst aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic was that the all-hands-on-deck response diverted public attention and resources away from the opioid addiction epidemic.