South Dakota has begun processing applications for opioid settlement money. The state plans to split the funding, with 70% of the money controlled at the state level and the remainder controlled by local governments.
Opioid settlement funding updates for sober living homes in Hawaii, Maine, Montana, New Hampshire, Rhode Island
Opioid Settlement Funding Updates for Sober Living Homes in North Carolina, Georgia, Kentucky and West Virginia
Opioid Settlement Funding Updates for Sober Living Homes in Tennessee, Minnesota, Texas, California, Florida, Ohio
Opioid Settlement Funding Updates for Sober Living Homes in Montana, Colorado, Arizona, New York, Missouri, and Vermont
In one of the largest public health legal proceedings since the 1990’s settlement against tobacco companies, courts have found that pharmaceutical companies, and Purdue Pharma in particular, in the wrong. 23 states and 2,000 local governments were involved with the case. Purdue Pharma had to file for bankruptcy and pay roughly $12 billion dollars for the deception against the American people.