People with substance use disorder are not getting a direct say on how most opioid settlement money is used
FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces a $149.5 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis, in Olympia, Wash., Jan. 24, 2024.
Over the past eight years, drugmakers, wholesalers, pharmacy chains and other companies have agreed to settlements to resolve thousands of lawsuits filed by state, local and Native American tribal governments claiming the companies’ practices contributed to the crisis.Funds from the multi-billion dollar nationwide settlements began rolling out in 2022 and will continue until at least 2038.
Brandon Marshall, a professor of epidemiology at the Brown University School of Public Health and a former member of the Rhode Island Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee, said he has observed that processes involving experts and people with drug use experience have made quick allocations to groups working on harm reduction and other areas because they know the groups.
Renville County Sheriff Scott Hable said in an interview that keeping drugs out of the jail — without subjecting people entering to strip searches — fits with the facility’s emphasis on treatment for inmates with substance use disorder. In West Virginia, Jackson County Commission President Dick Waybright said the training center will help law enforcement, EMS and 911 employees respond to the opioid crisis.
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