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The national opioid settlement was the product of two channels of litigation: a multidistrict lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioids for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic, and state attorneys general suing those same manufacturers and distributors.

Pennington County officials in dispute with state over opioid settlement amounts

Mackenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight
August 31, 2023
Local, News

PIERRE, S.D. – Pennington County is arguing in court that the state should recalculate its national opioid settlement amounts to pay the county’s litigation costs. The national opioid settlement was the product of two channels of litigation: a multidistrict lawsuit against manufacturers and distributors of opioids for their role in fueling the opioid epidemic, and […]

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Some communities in South Dakota say the funds received aren’t adequate for a major approach to the problem.

How South Dakota will spend the first of $54 million from national opioid settlements

Mackenzie Huber / South Dakota Searchlight
April 4, 2023
News

PIERRE, S.D. – South Dakota received over $3.5 million from a national opioid lawsuit settlement in the last few months — the beginning of over $54 million delivered to the state in the next two decades. Now, the state, cities and counties are figuring out how to spend that money, focusing on opioid addiction treatment, […]