Tens of millions are starting to flow into counties across Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro discussed the use of funds from the historic opioid settlement at a drug treatment facility in Dauphin County, Pa. on Sept. 12, 2022.It has much in common with the monumental tobacco settlement, which sent billions to every state, supposedly to be spent on preventing and addressing the ills of tobacco use. Yet much of it went to purposes such as road repairs.
He further pointed to the existence of a “trust” that will include people appointed by the governor and leaders in the state legislature, and which will be charged with distributing the money and making sure it’s spent correctly. “Today marks the day when the companies that fueled this crisis, who peddled narcotics for profit, and flooded our neighborhoods with addictive pills … that they pay up and the communities that were targeted get to fight back with new resources,” he said.
Cheryl Dondero, also of Gaudenzia, described a need for better programs to enable people dealing with addiction to avoid the criminal justice system. In some cases, Chardo said, “we will outright forego charges for those battling addiction who are committed to treatment, but we will have a tracking mechanism to make sure they follow through.”
The 2022 toll is similar to 2017, the year when Pennsylvania declared an overdose emergency and intensified a wide-ranging effort that saw several years of declining overdose deaths. However, the tide of overdoses rose again during the COVID-19 pandemic, which interrupted treatment programs and led to isolation that increased vulnerability for many people.
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