After years spent battling the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis, two Ohio counties' experiences highlight a new challenge: how to spend the settlement money
Cuyahoga County has used funds from an opioid settlement to set up a facility in Cleveland for people suffering from drug addiction and mental illness.U.S. cities and counties spent years battling the pharmaceutical industry over the opioid crisis.
Now that billions of dollars in settlement funds are beginning to flow, the experiences of two Ohio counties highlight a new challenge: how to spend the money.expected to total roughly $50 billion over the next two decades. Cleveland-based Cuyahoga County and neighboring Summit County, where Akron is located, got a head start.
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