Sheriff’s office reform measures clear early County Commission vote
“Every district is impacted by (opiods) but not every district has the same amount of resources,” Shelby County Commissioner Britney Thornton (right) said. Commissioner Edmund Ford Jr. sits at left. (Mark Weber/The Daily Memphian file)
The commission also used some of its opioid settlement money to develop a plan for dealing with the effect of opioid addiction.
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