The Pennsylvania governor's proposed spending plan includes $33 million to combat the opioid epidemic that is ravaging communities and that has claimed the lives of more than 5,000 Pennsylvanians last year.
About $26.5 million of that money is available federal funding that would go to programs that expand access to "medication assisted treatment," which combines drugs like methadone with counseling and behavioral therapies.
However the governor's proposal also includes a new line item: $4.5 million to help mothers who struggle with addiction, as well as their infant children.