YouthZone column: Opioid settlement funds can build lasting capacity — YouthZone is ready to deliver

YouthZone column: Opioid settlement funds can build lasting capacity — YouthZone is ready to deliver

Here at YouthZone, we’re comfortable talking about substance use and its harmful impacts on communities. One of the most prominent crises of our generation revolves around the misuse of opioids and the dangerous pathway from prescription pills to heroin and fentanyl. For the last decade, a wide variety of local and state governments have pursued aggressive litigation against pharmaceutical manufacturers, arguing that their misleading promotion a…