Published: Jun. 20, 2023 at 9:03 PM EDT
BEAUFORT COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) – Beaufort County will receive a little over $3 million over the next 18 years in the opioid settlement, and Tuesday community members were able to discuss how they want to distribute it.
โWhen I first found out that my son had passed away from fentanyl, it was the Monday after we had his funeral on Saturday, so before then, I didnโt even know what illicit fentanyl was,โ said Beaufort County resident Allena Hale.
The mother of Mikey Boyd, who passed away because of a fentanyl overdose back in March of 2022, was one of the community members to voice her opinion at Tuesdayโs Behavioral Health Task Force Collaborative meeting.
โI donโt think thereโs one simple solution itโs going to be efforts of parents; itโs going to be efforts of law enforcement, department agencies, EMS – itโs going to be all hands on deck to kind of combat this epidemic,โ said Hale.
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