Congress is spending than it ever has to fight the opioid epidemic affecting the nation. Some of that money is going to rural areas, and there was some concern that the rural communities being targeted were almost entirely white.
were prioritizing this anti-opioid money based on a mostly white, rural counties.
A New Mexico health official in Espa帽ola brought that potential discrimination to light because some counties in this state struggle with high opioid death rates and didn鈥檛 make the list.
for this grant money has been released, and though the list is mentioned鈥攕ince it was baked into the spending bill Congress passed鈥�91暗网 has confirmed that counties on the list will receive no priority or weight as grants are distributed.
All rural organizations are encouraged to apply, as well as urban agencies that intend to spend the money entirely on rural populations.
