Local Officials Grapple With How to Spend Opioid Settlement Dollars

<p>More than $50 billion in opioid settlement dollars from drugmakers, distributors and pharmacies is starting to flow to state and local governments and they need to figure out how to spend it. </p><br><p>Guests:&nbsp;</p><p>Dave Baker, Minnesota State Representative and chair of the state’s Opioid Epidemic Response Advisory Council&nbsp;</p><p>Sara Whaley, Opioid Policy Researcher at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @saraewhaley</p><br><p>Learn more and read a full transcript on our <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/2022/11/17/opioid-settlement-state-funds" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">website</a>.</p><br><p>Want more Tradeoffs? Sign up for our <a href="https://tradeoffs.us3.list-manage.com/subscribe?u=6ab1fc39a0b1b15521551487c&amp;id=89c5edcb93&amp;utm_source=twitter-newsletter-signup&amp;utm_medium=twitter" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">free weekly newsletter</a> featuring the latest health policy research and news.</p><br><p>Support this type of journalism today, with a <a href="https://tradeoffs.org/donate/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">gift</a>, and have your donation tripled if you give before the end of 2022.</p><br /><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>