Baltimore’s City Council finally had a chance to directly hear from Mayor Brandon Scott’s Office directly about his plan to use hundreds of millions of dollars in drug manufacturer settlement money to address the city’s opioid overdose issue Wednesday.
The city has not been able to fully divulge its full vision for the more than $400 million, and possibly more, it’s won from companies like CVS and Cardinal Health, because it’s been tied up in litigation and did not want to jeopardize the case.
Now, with a vast majority of the legal proceedings finished, the city council is finally able to comb through Scott’s plan, which aims to reduce opioid overdoses by 40% over the next 15 years.
Read more (and listen) at WYPR.
