How WA counties are spending millions in opioid settlement dollars

Washington is so far set to receive around $1.6 billion in settlement funds from companies accused of playing a role in fueling the opioid epidemic.

That’s according to the state attorney general’s office and a database from KFF Health News, which tracks the largest opioid settlement to date — $26 billion paid to states across the country by three pharmaceutical distributors and an opioid manufacturer.

Local governments in Washington are expected to receive an estimated $373 million from the national settlement over the next two decades. They’ll also get about $645 million up until 2038 from $1.3 billion in various state settlements. The other half of the $1.3 billion will go to Washington’s state government. Other settlements still pending could yield additional money.

More than $4.3 billion from the nationwide settlement had been distributed as of late February, about $57 million of which has gone to over 100 cities and counties across Washington.

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