The Iowa Department of Public Health plans to give out three million dollars in federal funding to help provide more treatment for those with addictions to prescription drugs and heroin. The department’s Monica Wilke Brown says those who’re addicted will be treated with a couple of types of medication…..
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The grant money will go to substance abuse providers who have medical professionals on their staff who can monitor and use of the medication to help the patients.
Brown says the number of people admitted for the treatment for addiction for the pain-killing drugs known as Opioids has gone up rapidly….
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Brown says thirty-three Iowans died from opioid overdose deaths last year.