Polk County to receive $30 million to fight opioid epidemic

Polk County will receive $30 million over the next 18 years to help fight the opioid epidemic. In 2020, county commissioners tracked a 39% jump in overdose deaths in Polk County. “Nothing touches this fentanyl because you can take an overdose of fentanyl and die immediately, and that’s what we’re seeing,” said Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd.