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Pima County Attorney Laura Conover said her office, Pima County, the 蜜柚直播 Police Department, the Pima County Sheriff鈥檚 Department, the Pima County Health Department and Community Medical Services would be collaborating with each other to tackle the fentanyl crisis and opioid overdose deaths.

Beginning this year, the county and other local jurisdictions are expected to receive about $48.5 million over the next 18 years as part of One 蜜柚直播 Opioid Settlement Funds, a legal settlement between the state attorney general and pharmaceutical companies and distributors to mitigate the harm caused by the opioid epidemic, a memorandum from County Administrator Jan Lesher said. The county鈥檚 share of funding is expected to be about $35 million with the rest going to other jurisdictions like the city of 蜜柚直播, Marana, Sahuarita, Oro Valley and South 蜜柚直播.

In September, Pima County received its first portion of the funds, $1.5 million. According to the memorandum, the county plans on using the funds for such things as prevention, supporting people in treatment and recovery, connecting people who need help to the health they need, training and research.

The county鈥檚 Board of Health will start a substance misuse advisory committee, which will include members from all of the participating jurisdictions, to help prioritize what areas to invest in, the county鈥檚 Chief Medical Officer Dr. Francisco Garcia said at the news conference.

鈥淪ince 2017, we鈥檝e had over 2,000 deaths from opioid overdose and 60 of them have been individuals less than 19 years of age,鈥� said Dr. Francisco Garcia at a news conference. 鈥淭his is something that now is impacting everyone from our very youngest to our very oldest. It is affecting every single neighborhood, every single census tract and every single family in one way or another.鈥�

So far this year, Pima County has had 299 overdose deaths. Last year, 497 people in the county died due to overdoses, data from the medical examiner鈥檚 office shows.

Garcia said although the money is like a 鈥渄rop in the bucket when you think about the complexity of the problem,鈥� it is a start.

Conover also debuted the Make a Call campaign, a public service announcement that educates residents on the steps to take to help prevent death when an overdose is happening.

The video, which is English and Spanish, features Conover, 蜜柚直播 police Chief Chad Kasmar and Sheriff Chris Nanos encouraging community members to call 911 immediately when witnessing a possible overdose, reminding them that 蜜柚直播 law protects them from prosecution for personal drug and paraphernalia possession.

The video also demonstrates how to administer Narcan and how to get free Narcan, which can reverse the effects of an overdose, by going to . Conover wants the ad to be distributed everywhere, including TV, YouTube and social media.

鈥淭his is all of our problem, it鈥檚 not just that person鈥檚 problem or that neighborhood鈥檚 problem,鈥� Garcia said. 鈥淭his is a common problem that we all are having, and it will require a formative, collaborative and robust approach to solve.鈥�