U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Warren says legislation she co-sponsored aims to “push money down to local communities” and allow them to decide the best use of funding in the fight against opioid abuse.
Warren led a Community Conversation on the opioid crisis Saturday on Cape Cod four days after a nearly $1 billion bipartisan funding bill was introduced in the Senate to fight the nationwide epidemic over the next 10 years.
Under the bill, Massachusetts would receive $55 million every year for 10 years, she said, and the Cape would get $2.7 million every year. The House is working on similar bipartisan proposals to move forward by Memorial Day.