January 24th, 2018 by WCBC Radio

WTOP reports Maryland Gov. Larry Hogan announced actions aimed at the state’s opioid crisis, including suing opioid manufacturers, converting former jail space into a treatment facility and enhancing ways that first responders share data about overdoses. But the governor’s news release saying he “directed” Attorney General Brian Frosh to sue opioid manufacturers was greeted with some pushback — from Frosh himself.

In a statement released Tuesday afternoon, Frosh wrote “Governor Hogan often issues a press release saying he has ‘directed’ us to do something after we have asked for his approval. As he has done here.”

Frosh said that his Consumer Protection Division was already at work on efforts targeting opioid manufacturers, but he stated “we simply do not have sufficient resources.”