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Payback: Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash

Payback

Tracking the Opioid Settlement Cash

Opioid manufacturers, distributors, and retailers are paying tens of billions of dollars in restitution to settle lawsuits about their role in the overdose epidemic, with little oversight on how the money is spent. We’re tracking how state and local governments use — or misuse — the cash.

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Table of state councils

Map of Opioid Settlement Cash

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If you are a journalist who wants to investigate opioid settlement transparency data for your area, here’s how you can do that.

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Do you have concerns about how your state or locality is using the opioid settlement funds? Are they doing something effective that other places should replicate? Tell us here.

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Credits

Reporters

Aneri Pattani
Rae Ellen Bichell
Katheryn Houghton
Colleen DeGuzman
Megan Kalata

Producers

Lydia Zuraw
Lynne Shallcross
Eric Harkleroad

Illustration

Oona Tempest

Editors

Stephanie Stapleton
Kelly Johnson
Damon Darlin
Terry Byrne
Gabe Brison-Trezise

Data Visualization

Juweek Adolphe

Social and Engagement

Chaseedaw Giles
Hannah Norman
Tarena Lofton