Feds discontinue program that gave Forsyth some $700K in drug seizure funding - Forsyth News

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Feds discontinue program that gave Forsyth some $700K in drug seizure funding

The Forsyth County Sheriffs Office has used money it received from the Equitable Sharing Program to buy automated external defibrillators for patrol cars and narcotics surveillance equipment. Some of the money also went to purchase Narcan, an anti-overdose drug that can quickly reverse the effect of a heroin or opioid overdose. The U.S. Department of Justice announced late last year it would be discontinuing the funding effort. - photo by FCN file photo

heroin — The Forsyth County Sheriffs Office has used money it received from the Equitable Sharing Program to buy automated external defibrillators for patrol cars and narcotics surveillance equipment. Some of the money also went to purchase Narcan, an anti-overdose drug that can quickly reverse the effect of a heroin or opioid overdose. The U.S. Department of Justice announced late last year it would be discontinuing the funding effort. - photo by FCN file photo

FORSYTH COUNTY — The Forsyth County Sheriff’s Office is no longer receiving hundreds of thousands of federal dollars after the U.S. Department of Justice announced late last year it would be discontinuing a funding effort.