The Year in Opioid Settlements: 5 Things You Need to Know ...Middle East

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This year, about $1.5 billion has landed in state and local government coffers from court settlements made with more than a dozen companies that manufactured, sold, or distributed prescription painkillers and were sued for their role in fueling the opioid crisis. That money has gone from an emerging funding stream for which people had lofty but uncertain aspirations to a coveted pot of billions of dollars being invested in real time to address addiction. Altogether, the companies are expected to pay more than $50 billion to state and local governments over nearly two decades. Meanwhile, more than 100,000 Americans have died of drug overdoses annually in recent years, unde

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