Maryland Delegation Announces More Than $16 Million to Combat Drug Trafficking, Overdoses
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Over $16 Million in funding has been provided to bolster addiction treatment resources and support law enforcement agencies’ efforts to tackle illicit drugs in Maryland communities. The funding is from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) –specifically made available through ONDCP’s High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) and Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA) Local Drug Crisis Programs. Maryland lawmakers (noted below) said that families devastated by the opioid epidemic can be found in every Maryland community, and fentanyl has only made matters worse, adding that what must be pursued is a joint strategy that holds drug traffickers accountable to reduce the deadly flow of fentanyl and opioids across this country and to provide treatment for drug addiction to make Maryland communities safer and healthier.
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin and Chris Van Hollen and Congressmen Steny H. Hoyer, Dutch Ruppersberger, John Sarbanes, Kweisi Mfume, Jamie Raskin, David Trone and Glenn Ivey (all D-Md.) today announced $16,587,073 in funding from the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to bolster addiction treatment resources and support law enforcement agencies’ efforts to tackle illicit drugs in Maryland communities.
- $16,487,073, Baltimore/Washington Region (HIDTA): To support law enforcement agencies that seize illicit drugs, prevent and reduce gun violence and other violent crime associated with drug trafficking, improve interdiction efforts through enhanced data sharing and targeting, and dismantle illicit finance operations.
- $50,000, Mosaic Community Services (CARA): For community-based solutions to address illicit drugs in Pocomoke City, Md.
- $50,000, Garrett County Health Department (CARA): For community-based solutions to address illicit drugs in Oakland, Md.
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