Sen. Bill Dodd to host virtual town hall on opioids tonight

A North Bay state senator will host a virtual town hall meeting later this month to discuss California’s ongoing battle against opioids, including fentanyl.

Sen. Bill Dodd, a Democrat from Napa, will host the Tuesday, April 26, meeting, which will include California Attorney General Rob Bonta and other health care experts and community leaders.

Last year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced that opioids have been linked to the vast majority of the 100,306 drug overdoses, which occurred in this country during a 12-month period that ended in April 2021.

About 10,000 of those overdoses happened in California, according to Dodd’s office.

The town hall begins at 6 p.m. and will be accessible via Dodd’s website and Facebook page, sonomatv.org and KSVY.org.

Questions can be submitted by calling 707-933-9133 or by email at townhall@ksvy.org.

You can reach Staff Writer Colin Atagi at colin.atagi@pressdemocrat.com. On Twitter @colin_atagi