Next year the administration will continue to divvy up set-aside funds for states to fight the opioid epidemic based on a state's population, rather than need, Assistant Secretary for Mental Health and Substance Use Elinore McCance-Katz told senators Wednesday (Dec. 13). Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle have been pushing the administration to change the policy next year when the second year of 21st Century Cures funding kicks in so that states disproportionately affected by the epidemic could better...