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MedPage Today December 18, 2024
— Approaches include evidence-based treatments, drug courts, harm reduction
WASHINGTON — Policy experts and advocates debated the best ways to use opioid settlement funds during an event hosted by the American Enterprise Institute on Monday.
Opioid manufacturers and other stakeholders have been directed to pay billions of dollars as part of a national settlement spurred by a lawsuit over charges that they exacerbated the opioid epidemic. Total payments of around $50 billion are expected to be dispensed over roughly two decades.
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