Scott County aims to ‘change our image’ with opioid settlement funds
Scott County’s rates of overdose remain high, nearly double the state’s.
Scott County’s rates of overdose remain high, nearly double the state’s.
Indiana communities are receiving money from national opioid settlements. But a lack of oversight and guidance from the state has left towns, cities and counties struggling to spend it in ways that work to prevent substance use disorder.
The Arnolt Center for Investigative Journalism and the Indiana Capital Chronicle found that the vast majority of respondent school districts haven’t authorized staff to carry firearms even as Indiana’s General Assembly offers up funds for training.