Governor to Make ‘Significant’ Drug Treatment Announcement

Holcomb's announcement is set for 10:00 a.m. Wednesday.

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Governor Holcomb’s office says he will make a "significant treatment expansion announcement" involving the state’s drug epidemic. The governor will make the announcement Wednesday morning at Valle Vista Health System in Greenwood.

Indiana Executive Director for Drug Prevention, Treatment and Enforcement Jim McClelland and Indiana Family and Social Services Administration Secretary Jennifer Walthall will join Holcomb for the 10:00 a.m. announcement.

Indiana State Health Commissioner Jerome Adams, who President Trump recently nominated to be the next United States Surgeon General, recently spoke with Inside INdiana Business Television about Naloxone, a lifesaving medication that can reverse opioid overdoses which is available without a prescription.