The federal Health Resources and Services Administration has awarded Arkansas four million dollars in grants to help combat the opioid epidemic. Arkansas Rural Health Partnership, Arkansas Foundation for Medical Care, Center for Arkansas Legal Services and Legal Aid of Arkansas each received one million dollars in funding for drug-abuse prevention, treatment and recovery services in the region. Tom Engels of the H-R-S-A says it’s critical that people seeking treatment for addiction have available resources — even in the midst of a global public health crisis.
According to 2018 data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly half of the state’s 444 reported drug overdose deaths involved opioids. There are some early reports the coronavirus pandemic is contributing to a recent spike in overdose deaths nationwide.
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