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The CDC released information that May 2019 through May 2020 had the highest records for drug overdoses in a single year.
County leaders across the state plan to use money that the state received as settlements from opioid drug manufacturers for substance abuse treatment and prevention programs.
Albany has more drug overdoses than any recent year, and Erie County had a 50% drug overdose death increase from 2019.
The bill recently signed by Governor Andrew Cuomo, Opioid Settlement Fund Lockbox, requires any money made from settlements with opioid manufactures must be spent on programs for drug education and treatment.
PUBLISHED 9:57 PM ET Jul. 08, 2021 PUBLISHED 9:57 PM EDT Jul. 08, 2021
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Opioid-related deaths have been on the rise across the nation.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, May 2019 through May 2020 set the record for the most drug overdose deaths in a single year.
For this reason, county leaders across New York are preparing to use money the state has recently collected from settlements with opioid drug manufacturers for substance abuse treatment and prevention programs.
“We owe it to the next generation to forever end the cycle of dependency created through opioids and opioid derivative dependency, which has left too many people dead, too many lives cut short and too much sorrow for their families,” said Stephen Acquario, executive director of the New York State Association of Counties.