Indiana has received about $3.3 million from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to help reduce opioid overdose deaths.
The state says some of the money will be used to upgrade its drug monitoring program, which tracks prescription opioids dispensed across Indiana. The funding will also be used to evaluate and improve how doctors prescribe the drugs.
According to data from a few years ago, Indiana ranks 15th in the country for its overdose rate. Each year, doctors write more opioid prescriptions than there are people in the state.