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Gov. Walz addresses opioid crisis with community leaders at roundtable discussion

"This has to be a bigger topic": Minnesota lawmakers determined to curb opioid deathsLast year, lawmakers allocated more than $200 million to address substance abuse and the opioid crisis, aimed towards prevention, hard reduction, treatment and recovery. This year, the Minnesota Department of Health will give several million dollars in grants for opioid overdose prevention.

Gov. Walz addresses opioid crisis with community leaders at roundtable discussionThe Walz administration says it will invest another $25 million this year to address the opioid crisis.

Walz calls for more resources to prevent opioid overdose deaths, including Naloxone accessGov. Tim Walz said he wants to put more resources towards overdose prevention this year. He spoke about the problem at a roundtable discussion Monday with local, state and federal leaders.

Big news: KOSA and COPPA 2.0 have advanced! - FairplayThe Kids Online Safety Act and the Children and Teens’ Online Privacy Protection Act have advanced!

DEA Administrator Anne Milgram on "Face the Nation"

DEA: Drug cartels using social media to target childrenLawmakers on Capitol Hill discussed how two Mexican cartels are using social media as a “superhighway of drugs” to bring fentanyl to the U.S.

Welcome to my April Town Hall | By Congresswoman Angie Craig | Facebook

Congresswoman Angie Craig & Senator Judy Seeberger's Fentanyl Town Hall

June 26, 2020 at the HERO Center in Cottage Gove, MN

Thank you Congresswoman Craig and Senator Seeberger for hosting this informative Town Hall and special thanks to the guest speakers. Please take a moment to watch Congresswoman Angie Craig's Town Hall focused on the fentanyl crisis.

Department of Justice Announces DEA Seizures of Historic Amounts of Deadly Fentanyl-Laced Fake Pills

Today, at a press conference, Deputy Attorney General Lisa O. Monaco and DEA Administrator Anne Milgram announced a significant law enforcement surge to protect American communities from the flood of fentanyl and fentanyl-laced pills across the United States. Illicit fentanyl, a synthetic opioid found in most of the fake pills that were seized, is the primary driver of the recent increase in U.S. overdose deaths.

HEARING ON "LIVES WORTH LIVING: ADDRESSING THE FENTANYL CRISIS, PROTECTING CRITICAL LIFELINES, AND COMBATTING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST THOSE WITH DISABILITIES"

Snapchat: Does app give drug gangs access to teenagers?An undercover BBC investigation finds drug gangs are using social media to recruit children.

'Gone in a Snap,' parents protest the social media company they view as complicit in their children's deathsThis Friday marked the fourth time that Amy Neville has marched to Snapchat’s Santa Monica headquarters since her 14-year-old son, Alexander, died in 2020

$2 tests to detect ‘tranq’ are first strike at US ‘zombie drug’ epidemicRapid Response Xylazine Test Strip is being distributed to combat the rising flesh-rotting drug epidemic.

Minnesota mother travels to New York City in order to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanylThe state health department says in 2019, there were 296 fentanyl-involved overdose deaths. Preliminary figures from 2022 show that number has risen to 947.

Minnesota mother travels to New York City in order to raise awareness about the dangers of fentanyl