(The Center Square) — As the Pennsylvania Opioid Trust switches out some board members, an outgoing state legislator wants the public to focus on the victim of addiction — and what can be done to make the state better in the coming years.

“Our objective was to get that money out as quickly as we could because the people of Pennsylvania are dying and those related to those dying were looking at us to do the job, to change the tide of what the opioid disaster has done,” Rep. Jim Gregory, R-Hollidaysburg, said.