congress and provided to the substance abuse health services administration and the funding goes to samsa and is attributed to the state -- distributed to the states. host: what are some ways the money can be used. ? ? guest: it has been used to increase treatment for opioid misuse disorder, implemented -- implementing the flexibilities that i spoke of. it is to increase treatment for people recognizing that as you mentioned, there has been an increase in opioid overdoses. host: is there other money that is being cut or programs that are not seeing the support amid the total focus of moving the government toward responding to the pandemic? i ask because of a story that notes that a former director of the west virginia office of drug control policy, in that story he points to a federal health institution that shifted its focus to coronavirus including freezing $1 billion in a research project that had been aimed at finding a less addictive pain treatment. this is his quote from the guardian. oxygen out of the room and made coronavirus the sole focus of what is happening." line there is als

bylion has been provided congress to the substance abuse and mental health services a federaltion, samsa, agency. that goes through them and is distributed to the state in order to address the opioid crisis in light of covid. host: what are some ways that money can be used? primarily for treatment, to increase treatment for opioid abuse disorder, decreasing theiers, implementing flexibility that i spoke of, and to increase treatment for people recognizing that there has been an increase in opioid overdoses. host: is there other money that is being cut for programs that are not seeing the support amid the total focus of moving the government towards responding to the pandemic? the guardian story notes, a former director of the west virginia office of drug control policy, in the story he points to a federal health institution that shifted its focus to coronavirus, including freezing $1 billion in a research project that had been aimed at finding a less addictive pain treatment, this is his quote. "it has rob the oxygen out of the room and made the coronavirus the sole focus of what is happ

million has been provided by congress to the substance abuse and mental health services administration, samsacy. the fund goes through them and is distributed to the state in order to address the opioid crisis in light of covid. host: what are some ways that money can be used? beth: primarily for treatment, -- guest: primarily for treatment, to increase treatment for opioid abuse disorder, decreasing barriers, implementing the flexibility that i spoke of, and to increase treatment for people , recognizing that there has been an increase in opioid overdoses. host: is there other money that is being cut or programs that are not seeing the support amid the total focus of moving the government towards responding to the pandemic? i ask because the guardian story notes a former director of the west virginia office of drug control policy, in the story, he points to a federal health institution that shifted its focus to coronavirus, including freezing $1 billion in a research project that had been aimed at finding a less addictive pain treatment, this is his quote. "it has robbed the oxygen out of th

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bylion has been provided congress to the substance abuse and mental health services a federaltion, samsaat goes through them and is distributed to the state in order to address the opioid crisis in light of covid. host: what are some ways that money can be used? primarily for treatment, to increase treatment for opioid abuse disorder, decreasing theiers, implementing flexibility that i spoke of, and to increase treatment for people recognizing that there has been an increase in opioid overdoses. host: is there other money that is being cut for programs that are not seeing the support amid the total focus of moving the government towards responding to the pandemic? the guardian story notes, a former director of the west virginia office of drug control policy, in the story he points to a federal health institution that shifted its focus to coronavirus, including freezing $1 billion in a research project that had been aimed at finding a less addictive pain treatment, this is his quote. "it has rob the oxygen out of the room and made the coronavirus the sole focus of what is happening. there