Roxanne Saucier

Nov 20, 2024 | opioidprinciples.jhsph.edu | Roxanne Saucier |Sara Whaley

By: Roxanne Saucier and Sara WhaleyWe often read the headlines about the more than $55 billion flowing into states and local communities from the myriad legal settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and marketers. But for some communities, the windfalls are smaller, especially on an annual basis.

Nov 21, 2023 | healthaffairs.org | Roxanne Saucier |Sarah Evans |Tricia Christensen |Christine Minhee

More than $50 billion will flow into states and municipalities over the next two decades from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies accused of fueling the overdose crisis through irresponsible sales of painkillers. There has not been a public health settlement of this scope in the US since the tobacco settlements a quarter century ago.