PHOTO: U.S. Sen. John Boozman announces $5 million in federal funding for the Arkansas Youth Drug-Use Reduction Program, which the MidSouth organization of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock will lead. Photographed on Oct. 9, 2024. | Mary Hennigan/Arkansas Advocate
By MARY HENNIGAN | Arkansas Advocate
Ellison Bryde was 17 years old when she died of fentanyl poisoning, her mother Kari Clay said Wednesday during an announcement about a $5 million grant for a new youth drug reduction program…