By sticking to the structure that we set up, I think we have the most potential to save lives,” one board member said.

Gov. Ned Lamont is asking Connecticut lawmakers to help him bypass a law meant to safeguard millions of dollars from opioid ...

Dearborn, Michigan, is home to the largest concentration of Arab Americans in the US and many of them voted against Kamala ...

Santa Rosa County will spend opioid settlement dollars to help people jailed for drug crimes continue treatment and recovery after their release.

Despite a CT law ensuring the money would be used to counteract the epidemic, Lamont wants to tap into it to pay for social ...

On Feb. 22, 2022, the Kentucky Attorney General’s Office announced the finalization of a $26 billion national settlement with opioid distributors and a manufacturer, which slated Kentucky to receive ...

The 2022 law, which created the Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee, was inspired by model legislation offered up by President Joe Biden’s administration and was meant to ensure ...

The OSP website, launched publicly Jan. 6, includes three primary data dashboards: The Opioid Overdose Data Dashboard tracks ...

Nine organizations will receive a total of $247,000 in grant funding from the Opioid Abatement Settlement Fund, to be used for helping people in recovery and combating the opioid epidemic. The grants ...

The money will pay for efforts to prevent and treat opioid addiction, or fund services that help people in recovery.

Funds derived from these settlements exceed $55 billion. Opioid settlement funds are now available for EMS agencies to tap ...