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Counties will have broad authority to decide where the money goes.

Such programs already operate in Philadelphia, Pittsburgh and Scranton.

“At the end of the day, it was getting resources to counties that were struggling each and every day."

The law will require better addiction treatment for prison inmates, and divert some offenders into rehab programs instead of jail.

Municipalities face a choice: take the funds, and agree to drop their lawsuits, or fight the drug companies in court.

Donovan shared his own past struggle with addiction in his training.

The federal court decision paves the way for the nation's first supervised injection site to open in Philadelphia. The Justice Department argued that it amounted to "in-your-face illegal activity."

Starting next year, employers in New York that hire people recovering from drug or alcohol addiction will be eligible for a state tax credit. The $2000 credit covers both full and part time workers.

Those funds have had a drastic effect on reducing overdose deaths and helping people with opioid use disorder to lead normal lives, said Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs Secretary Jen Smith.

"In the last decade - five years, things have really gotten scarier as far as just how toxic these drugs are."