A recommendation to distribute $70,050 of opioid settlement funds to five local organizations was approved by the Beltrami County Board of Commissioners on Tuesday.
A myriad of topics, including an update to the County State Aid Highway 20 Road Construction project, were discussed during the Tuesday Beltrami County Board of Commissioners meeting.
From Deadwood, South Dakota, to Bottineau, North Dakota, and east to Duluth and St. Paul, opium lured many toward illicit profits and harmful addictions.
The state has previously spent State Opioid Response grant funding on expanding treatment programs and distributing naloxone, a medication that reverses an opioid overdose
Fatal overdoses 鈥� in part driven by fentanyl 鈥� are still at record highs. But MDH says recently expanded access to the overdose reversal drug naloxone will save lives.
Beltrami County is looking for community members to join a steering committee that will recommend uses for over $2 million in funds allocated by a historic opioid settlement.
On June 8, a Beltrami County jury found Clyde Lee Reyes, Jr. of Cass Lake guilty of a single count of third-degree murder in the drug-related death of a woman that took place in January 2022.
Andrea Herold, educator and recovering opioid addict, will teach attendees how to recognize and respond to signs of an overdose including administering naloxone 鈥� or Narcan 鈥� to reverse overdoses.
