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Local Governments Are Winning Opioid Settlements. How Do They Spend the Money?
Governments spent about $3.7 billion in settlement funds last year, and it didn't all go to preventing overdoses.
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State and local governments spent about $3.7 billion in opioid settlement funds last year. That’s more than the median annual income of 42,000 American families combined. The money comes from companies that were sued for aggressively pushing painkillers and fueling the opioid crisis. Large amounts went to addiction treatment, recovery housing, and other initiatives that many public…
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