Maryland’s Opioid Restitution Fund Advisory Council is considering new ways to advise the state to spend hundreds of millions of dollars won by the state to reduce the use of drug overdoses.
One possibility is increasing incentives for peer specialists, said Emily Keller, Maryland’s special secretary of overdose response, during a Monday meeting of the council.
“We hear very often the need to support peers, peer salaries, ways to attract peers and keep them here in Maryland, because we know we have an incredible peer system, and they do great work,” Keller said.
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