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The Trump administration has not spoken about whether it will add more funds to the fight. The grants have been especially crucial in Republican-led states that decided not to expand Medicaid. “When we first heard the money was coming, I remember thinking, ‘Wow, that’s a lot,’” said Nora Bock, who helps oversee addiction treatment programs for the Missouri Department of Mental Health. “Now it’s like, ‘Oh my God, it’s nowhere near enough.’” News on the crisis comes out of Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Oklahoma as well.

The six-week trial was the first of many lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies over what role they played in the opioid epidemic, and the outcome is expected to set the bar for the ones that follow. The judge says he anticipates taking about a month to reach a decision in the case.