Newly empowered by a new state law, a Douglas County team kicked off a renewed effort to try to prevent deaths from drug overdoses. Last year, at least 60 people
Nebraska is preparing to disperse hundreds of millions of dollars over the next two decades as part of a massive national opioid settlement from drug companies and distributors for knowingly flooding the market with addictive painkillers. But so far, that rollout seems to be slow going.
A team formed by the Douglas County Health Department and backed by local partner Coalition Rx aims to help prevent overdose deaths by digging deeper into the questions surrounding them.