Joint Budget Committee. Current law requires appropriations of $750,000 for state fiscal years 2019-20 through 2023-24 from the marijuana tax cash fund to the center for research into substance use disorder prevention, treatment, and recovery support strategies to implement a program to increase public awareness concerning the safe use, storage, and disposal of opioids and the availability of naloxone and other drugs used to block the effects of an opioid overdose. The bill repeals the requirement for state fiscal years 2020-21 through 2023-24 and repeals the program, effective September 1, 2020. The bill also repeals the scheduled sunset review of the program prior to its repeal.(Note: This summary applies to this bill as introduced.)

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