Carbon County is using $50,000 of the opioid settlement money to try to help those who are homeless because of an opioid addiction. Earlier this month, the board of commissioners approved a request ...

The news was announced on June 26 in a statement which said that a total of $23 million in grants would be awarded to 76 cities and counties throughout the commonwealth.

The One Arizona Opioid Settlement Funds — the result of settlement agreements from major opioid distributors that all 15 Arizona counties signed onto in 2021 — is expected to send more than ...

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But the Purdue Pharma settlement would have been only the second so far to include direct payments to victims from a $750 million pool. Payouts would have ranged from about $3,500 to $48,000.

Surge in opioid addiction, limited funding have led to crisis in Virginia By JOHN RAMSEY AND K. BURNELL EVANS Richmond Times-Dispatch Feb 27, 2016 ...

"We're asking for opioid funding from the county to help us support those activities in combination with this (grant)," he said. "It would be a portion of a match, but it's not a full match as we ...

A judge is being asked to clear the way for local governments and individual victims to vote on OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma’s plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the ...

OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma 's $7 billion-plus plan to settle thousands of lawsuits over the toll of opioids will go before a judge Friday, potentially setting up votes on whether ...