“The Justice Department on Wednesday said it is stepping up enforcement efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that the agency will dedicate $12 million in grants to help police target illegal manufacturers and dealers of prescription opioids, heroin and methamphetamine.
The department is also directing U.S. attorneys around the country to designate an “opioid coordinator” for each office, and the Drug Enforcement Agency will open a new field division in Louisville to cover Kentucky, Tennessee and West Virginia, where communities have suffered particularly high rates of opioid addiction.
Read more at: https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-11-29/sessions-steps-up-enforcement-actions-in-opioid-crisis
Source: USNews.com – November 29, 2017
