Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said the state is creating an Office of Opioid Recovery within the Department of Children and Families, Orlando Weekly reported Feb. 20.
The office will include researchers and epidemiologists tasked with finding ways to help people in recovery, the report said. It is being funded initially by $10.2 million from a sum of more than $205 million the state is collecting from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers and distributors.
The settlement sum will also fund treatment and recovery services to the tune of $92.5 million, the development of educational prevention materials at $39.4 million, and expanded recovery and peer support services at $25.3 million, the report said.