Cecil County leadership met with Attorney General Brian Frosh to discuss the county’s priorities for collaboration on targeting opioid, methamphetamine, and e-cigarettes.

From the Cecil County press release:

Central to the discussion were settlement of the opioid litigation currently pending in federal court, mutual advocacy for increased State funding that would increase primary drug and e-cigarette use prevention, treatment for opioid and methamphetamine addiction as an alternative to incarceration, increased sentences for methamphetamine distribution, increased funding for in-patient drug treatment, increased funding for law enforcement and prosecution at the State of Maryland crime lab, and State legislation prohibiting the sale of flavored e-cigarettes throughout the State.

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“I firmly believe that the criminal justice system and local government can break this malevolent cycle if adequate resources are committed to education, treatment and reintegration, as well as a complement and, in appropriate circumstances, as an alternative to, incarceration,” stated County Executive McCarthy.

Read the full press release for more information.