opioid settlement

State attorneys general vowed the funds would go toward tackling the addiction crisis. But as with the tobacco payouts of the 1990s, local officials have started using them to fill budget shortfalls.

Victims of prescription opioid addiction as well as communities slammed by the opioid crisis could wind up with nothing if Mallinckrodt files for a second bankruptcy.

Guilford County is working to determine how to use nearly $22 million to address the opioid crisis.  The funding comes from a state settlement with drug distributors and manufacturers. 

Forsyth County Commissioners this week agreed to allot over a million dollars to programs aimed at addressing the opioid epidemic.

The cash represents an unprecedented opportunity to derail the opioid epidemic. But with countless groups advocating for a share of the pie, the impact could depend heavily on geography and politics.

Local governments across North Carolina are starting to see the first payments from a national multi-billion dollar

Cherokee Nation officials say their community has been disproportionately harmed by the opioid crisis. The drug companies deny any wrongdoing.

Payouts will be spread over the next 18 years, with much of the funding going to help communities struggling with high rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths.