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71 cities, counties, school districts and public trusts will share $11 million in grants from the Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board to fight the state's opioid crisis. Attorney General Gentner Drummond says the grants will fund treatment and recovery programs, assistance with disorders and mental health issues and opioid abuse education and prevention. The money also will be used for proper prescription efforts and strategies to cut the supply of narcotics across Oklahoma. The state had nearly 800 opioid-related deaths in 2022.