OH: State receives $3.6 million to combat illegal manufacture and distribution of opioids

U.S. Attorneys Justin Herdman and David DeVillers and Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost announced the funding in a news release.

“Every day in Ohio, we continue to see the adverse effects that the heroin and opioid epidemic have in our community,” Herdman said in the release. “This funding will help the Ohio Attorney General’s Office continue their great work against this epidemic and support our law enforcement officers on the frontlines.”

Yost said his office appreciates “the partnership and the additional funding that will be used to disrupt the supply chain of illegal drugs in Ohio.

“OOCIC’s interdiction task forces strive to stay a step ahead of the ever evolving drug dealers who plague on our street and poison our youth,” Yost said. “They aren’t stopping, but we aren’t either.”

Phil Keith, director of the Department of Justice Office of Community Oriented Policing Services, said, “The scourge of opioid and methamphetamine use continues to take a devastating toll on our nation’s communities.

“By providing these resources to law enforcement to help combat the further spread, the COPS Office is demonstrating our commitment to this administration’s priority of reducing drug use and protecting our citizens from this public health and safety crisis.”

The COPS Office is awarding more than $29.7 million in grant funding to 14 state law enforcement agency task forces through the Anti-Heroin