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The multi-county METRICH drug task force will receive a $192,608 state grant through the Recovery Ohio program, the third time the enforcement unit has received such money since 2019. According to RichlandSource, Gov. Mike DeWine announced that nearly three dozen local drug task forces in Ohio are receiving state support for their work to disrupt the drug trade and promote substance use awareness, prevention, and recovery. Mansfield police Chief Keith Porch, who noted the local task force also received grants from the fund in 2019 and 2021, said the METRICH grant request was for $240,000.