Lamont wants to sidestep law to dip into opioid settlement funds
Gov. Ned Lamont is asking Connecticut lawmakers to help him bypass a law meant to safeguard millions of dollars from opioid ...
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Mass. communities fought for opioid settlements but aren’t spending the money
Massachusetts cities and towns are sitting on $84 million dollars in opioid settlement funds. Some communities have yet to ...
Lamont wants to dip into opioid settlement to fund social services
Despite a CT law ensuring the money would be used to counteract the epidemic, Lamont wants to tap into it to pay for social ...
How opioid deaths tripled in Philly over a decade − and what may be behind a recent downturn
Over a decade spent treating and researching substance use disorders taught one researcher that the overdose epidemic is a ...
Santa Rosa County invests $1.2M in settlement funds to fighting opioid crisis
Santa Rosa County will spend opioid settlement dollars to help people jailed for drug crimes continue treatment and recovery ...
Child welfare agencies are buckling under staffing shortages as Pa. debates using opioid money to help
A number of counties are using opioid settlement money for child welfare purposes, but spending by Cameron County was ...
Pensacola News Journal3d
Santa Rosa County invests $1.2M in settlement funds to fighting opioid crisis
Santa Rosa County's initial settlement was $1,188,346 Santa ... With this being the first year dollars will be spent to fund opioid treatment and education programs in the county, and more money ...
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Chelan County Commissioners award first round of opioid settlement funds
Chelan County commissioners awarded more than $500,000 of grant dollars from a first round of opioid settlement funding to ...
Healthcare Dive3d
A new, non-opioid pain drug is here. Getting it to patients could be agony.
After decades of research, Vertex Pharmaceuticals now has an approved pain medication. Can one of the world’s most powerful ...