First payments from $500M opioid distributor suit due this week
EVERETT — The first payouts from a half-billion dollar legal settlement with opioid distributors are due to reach bank accounts of cities, counties and the state by the end of this week.
Arrival of the dollars — as much as $2.7 million across Snohomish County — will sharpen the focus on how they are spent to combat an epidemic that’s taken thousands of lives and continues to wreak havoc on thousands more throughout Washington.
Payments, which will come annually through 2039, are intended for addiction treatment, prevention services, opioid education, support for first responders and other evidence-based programs and services.
Cities and counties can pool their dollars if they want. Leaders of Snohomish County and several of its cities are discussing such a path.
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