Three local counties receive funding to fight against opioid epidemic

PITTSBURGH — A huge announcement Monday in the fight against the opioid epidemic that is ravaging communities in western Pennsylvania.

U.S. Attorney Scott Brady announced that Allegheny, Washington and Beaver counties would receive $1 million in funding every year to help stop the supply of opioids and Fentanyl. The money would also be used to prosecute the drug dealers who traffic the drugs through our communities.

This is new funding that comes after Pittsburgh and western Pennsylvania were designated as high intensity drug trafficking areas.

Target 11's Rick Earle traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border and Aaron Martin followed the path drugs take from the streets of Philadelphia to Pittsburgh.