NC Counties Prepare For National $26 Billion Opioid Settlement - a podcast by Blue Ridge Public Radio - BPR News

An estimated $26 billion-dollars could soon be coming to counties all across the country from a financial settlement involving opioid manufacturers. BPR reports that county governments in North Carolina are already making plans for that money: A federal court in Ohio is deciding the settlement for a case that includes roughly 3,000 lawsuits against three pharmaceutical companies and Johnson & Johnson. Kevin Leonard, the executive director of the North Carolina Association of County

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