Tag: opioid settlement funds

    WA Begins Albertsons Opioid Trial, for Pharmacy’s Role in “Public Nuisance”

    Four years after Washington state sued Albertsons Companies, Inc. alleging that the grocery chain’s ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    Louisiana Urges More Oversight When Giving Opioid Funds Directly to Cops

    Louisiana, one of only two states that distributes opioid settlement funding directly to law ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    New Jersey Harm Reduction Under a New Governor—and Trump 

    New Jersey Governor Mikie Sherrill (D), who took office in January, has a huge ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Illinois Overdose Prevention Center Bill Is Moving Forward Again

    In Illinois, a bill to authorize an overdose prevention center (OPC) pilot is working ...

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    Kastalia Medrano

    Grassroots Harm Reduction Sidelined in NY Opioid Fund Spending

    “He was awesome,” Alexis Pleus, executive director of Truth Pharm, a small harm reduction ...

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    Tana Ganeva

    Baltimore’s New Health Commissioner Wrestles With OD Crisis—and Trump

    Hailing from the conservative state of Tennessee, Dr. Michelle Taylor is no stranger to ...

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    Logan Hullinger

    Baltimore Accepts Offer for Fraction of the Opioid Settlement It Sought

    The city of Baltimore has opted to take a court deal that will leave ...

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    Logan Hullinger

    Questions Over Wisconsin Spending of Opioid Settlement Money

    Under the nationwide legal settlements with major opioid manufacturers and distributors, the state of ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman

    Database Shows How States Have (or Haven’t) Used Opioid Settlement Cash

    A new database tracking how jurisdictions across the country are allocating opioid settlement funds ...

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    Alexander Lekhtman