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Payouts for Kentucky's $317M opioid settlement with firms like Walgreens, CVS to start within monthsThis is part of a broader pattern of settlements after state and local governments sued pharmaceutical businesses for making the United States’ addiction crisis worse.
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Now they have to decide how to use it
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People can apply for funding from Ky.’s portion of a multi-state settlement with four drug companies accused of fueling the opioid epidemic.
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The Kentucky Opioid Abatement Commission will soon open the process to distribute part of the state’s roughly $480 million opioid settlement.
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During its latest meeting, the commission announced they want to have an online website for applications up and running by October 15.
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Kentucky's payments will be split between local and state governments, and used in part to help fund addiction treatment resources.
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Chief executives of a handful of pharmaceutical and drug distribution companies are negotiating with government attorneys to see if they can reach a…