ESCAMBIA COUNTY, Fla. — For hundreds of people in Northwest Florida battling addiction, the “CORE” program has become their saving grace.
It stands for Coordinated Opioid Recovery, and the group has helped people at their lowest to get clean. The program is now facing uncertainty in its funding.
CORE runs on opioid abatement settlement funds meant to remediate the harm caused by the opioid crisis. But there’s no telling if they’ll continue to get that money…