Re: Sarah Evans column I went before the Garfield County Board of County Commissioners, along with Chelsea Carnoali, as representatives of our respective counties to inform on where the Region 5 Opioid Abatement Council is.
Major funding from national opioid settlements with CVS and Walgreens is coming to Garfield County. One proposal is to direct part of the funds toward providing clean syringes and the overdose prevention drug Naloxone locally..
Eagle County has posted a request for proposals for opioid abatement services for the Region 5 Opioid Abatement Council. Eagle County is the fiscal agent for Region 5, which consists of Eagle, Garfield, Lake, Pitkin,.
Data from a Pitkin County community mental health survey put numbers to the sentiment that local mental health advocates and providers have expressed for a long time: The stressors of living in the Roaring Fork Valley like housing, the cost of living, finding a sense of belonging can compound and cause mental health challenges like anxiety, depression and substance use.