USA. $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.
USA. $50 Billion in Opioid Settlement Cash Is on the Way. We’re Tracking How It’s Spent.
More than $50 billion in settlement funds is being delivered to thousands of state and local governments from companies accused of flooding their communities with opioid painkillers that have left millions addicted or dead.
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Most of the settlements stipulate that states must spend at least 85% of the money they will receive over the next 15 years on addiction treatment and prevention. But defining those concepts depends on stakeholders’ views — and state politics. To some, it might mean opening more treatment sites. To others, buying police cruisers. (KHN – Kaiser Health News, USA, 30.03.2023)
https://khn.org/news/article/opioid-drugmakers-settlement-funds-50-billion-dollars-khn-investigation-payback/