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A County in Ohio is Set to Receive $55 Million to Cleanup Opioid Addiction Aftermath

The Hamilton County area is getting roughly $55 million from a national opioid settlement and could start getting the money as soon as next month. Northern Kentucky counties will receive more than $20 million, but may have to wait slightly longer for the payout.

Attorney Peter Mougey says the money is intended to “clean up the mess” caused by opioid addiction, after millions of people became addicted to opioids after being legally prescribed the painkiller after car crashes, sports accidents, and long-term pain.

“What that does is it impacts our communities that have expended tremendous resources to try to address the problems, whether it be through treatment, whether it be through first responder calls, whether you name it. I mean the communities, especially in southern Ohio, have been just havocked with opiate use and abuse,” he said.

Read the source article at wvxu.org

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