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Opioid payments for county governments and county district attorney offices equaled about $6.50 per resident across the state last year. But there were big differences.
Dec. 30—HARRISBURG — Snyder, Union and Montour counties are among 50 counties in Pennsylvania that have agreed to join a historic opioid settlement that would bring more than $1 billion to ...
Dec. 30—More than 75% of Pennsylvania's counties have already signed on to settle a case against a few of the opioid industries' biggest players that would spread $1 billion across the state in ...
The District began a program of free distribution of the nasal spray naloxone in 2018 with 17 locations dispensing the non-injection overdose-reversing drug. In 2020, due to a 50% increase in opioid overdose deaths, the District doubled the distribution to 35 locations in every ward throughout the city.
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With McKeesport signing on in November, Allegheny County will get a full payout from the opioid settlement fund this year. Opioid settlement: Allegheny County won’t receive $479K penalty after ...
Clinics that dispensed painkillers proliferated with only the loosest of safeguards, until a recent coordinated federal-state crackdown crushed many of the so-called “pill mills.” As the opioid pain meds became scarce, a cheaper opioid began to take over the market — heroin. Frieden said three quarters of heroin users started with pills.
In Pennsylvania, there’s currently no single resource for people to see how counties and local governments plan to spend the money. But understanding the process can help you influence it.