WASHINGTON, Aug. 31 -- The U.S. Department of Health & Human Services issued the following press release:
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), through the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA), today announced on Overdose Awareness Day that it has awarded $77 million in new grant funding to strengthen substance use prevention, treatment and recovery, community mental health, suicide prevention, and crisis services. The announcement comes as National Substance Use Primary Prevention Month draws to a close, with more than $22 million of the funding supporting critical substance use prevention efforts in communities."Every American deserves the chance to live free from addiction and the devastat...