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$2,223,096   In addition to the regional network awards listed above, funding will also support the following initiatives within the counties served by the networks.   Center of Treatment Innovation Services - $6 million COTI service providers are tasked with expanding access to treatment of opioid use disorder through peer services, mobile service delivery, and telepractice capability. COTI providers work to break down existing barriers to treatment and connect people seeking services to the help that they need. Between 2016 and 2019, overdose deaths in counties with COTI services decrease...

The number of overdose deaths in Lebanon County surged in 2020 to 39, up from 28 in 2019 and 27 in both 2018 and 2017, in a change that the county coroner and other local individuals with experience in the drug and alcohol field link to the coronavirus pandemic. James Donmoyer, executive director of Lebanon County's Commission On Drug And Alcohol Abuse, said there could be a lot of factors behind the increase last year and couldn't confirm what the pandemic had to do with it, but did link the deaths to a timeline of the pandemic. “We didn’t have any in March. Then in April and May, w...

'We’re dealing with an unprecedented situation' Lebanon overdose deaths surge in 2020 Hal Conte, Lebanon Daily News © Jeff Falk, For the Daily News Dr. Jeffrey Yocum, a family doctor and Lebanon County's coroner, is seen outside his practice on Cumberland Street. The number of overdose deaths in Lebanon County surged in 2020 to 39, up from 28 in 2019 and 27 in both 2018 and 2017, in a change that the county coroner and other local individuals with experience in the drug and alcohol field link to the coronavirus pandemic. James Donmoyer, executive director of Lebanon Cou...

(SUFFOLK COUNTY, N.Y.) – Suffolk County District Attorney Timothy D. Sini, the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (“DEA”) and the DEA’s Long Island Heroin Task Force yesterday announced the indictment of 15 individuals in connection with an alleged drug distribution ring operating in Suffolk County.   “My Office has made it clear that gangs and drugs have no place in our communities,” District Attorney Sini said. “We will continue to target, arrest and prosecute dangerous gang members and their associates – particularly those who are peddling poison on our streets – to th...

Reply "The problem of substance abuse is not primarily a law enforcement problem – it is a human problem, with many dimensions." (Shutterstock) DELAWARE COUNTY, PA — Delaware County officials last week announced the reformation of the county's Heroin Task Force to be a more inclusive substance abuse group. District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer and Sandra Garrison, the Director of the County's Department of Human Services, announced last week said the county's Heroin Task Force has been reshaped to be the Delaware County Substance Abuse & Recovery Task Force. In making their announcement, St...