Maricopa County will give $4.3 million in opioid settlement funds to groups providing resources to individuals and families ...

Mecklenburg County is set to receive $73 million over 18 years to address the opioid crisis. As part of those efforts, the ...

Ohio is addressing the opioid crisis with money from legal settlements with pharmaceutical companies. A Montgomery County ...

Fairmont City Council met Tuesday evening and discussed the potential addition of a Deputy Police Chief position within the police department.

Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family have recently reached a $7.4 billion settlement in principle to resolve thousands of lawsuits alleging that OxyContin propelled a widespread opioid addiction ...

LYNN — Massachusetts public health officials gathered in Lynn on Wednesday for a listening session on opioid remediation ...

Madi lost her dad to an overdose when she was 11 years old. Now 14, she finds solace at Camp Mariposa, where she can be a kid again and connect with others who know her pain. A 4-year-old boy died ...

Some counties, Hamilton County Mayor Weston Wamp said of unrestricted funds received from state settlements in opioid-related lawsuits, drop the money into their general fund.

In response to the opioid epidemic, Massachusetts joined numerous states in filing lawsuits against opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies. On July 21, 2021, the Commonwealth received its ...

Education Lab is a Seattle Times project that spotlights promising approaches to persistent challenges in public education. The Seattle Foundation serves as the fiscal sponsor for Education Lab ...

Some of the settlement funds are being used for the community needs assessment. Once the needs assessment is complete, the Wellesley Health Department will use the results to come up with a plan to ...

When Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin, declared bankruptcy in 2019, it had no debt and was worth more than a billion dollars. How is this possible? Well Purdue was facing trillions in claims ...