590. Can $55 Billion End the Opioid Epidemic?
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Thanks to legal settlements with drug makers and distributors, states have plenty of money to boost prevention and treatment. Will it work? (Part two of a two-part series).)

• SOURCES:

• Keith Humphreys), professor of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Stanford University.

• Stephen Loyd), chief medical officer of Cedar Recovery and chair of the Tennessee Opioid Abatement Council.

• Christine Minhee), founder of OpioidSettlementTracker.com.

• RESOURCES:

• "Court Conflicted Over Purdue Pharma Bankruptcy Plan That Shields Sacklers From Liability)," by Amy Howe (*SCOTUSblog, *2023).

• NationalOpioidSettlement.com).

• OpioidSettlementTracker.com).

• The Helios Alliance).

• EXTRAS:

• "The Opioid Tragedy, Part 2: 'It’s Not a Death Sentence),'" by *Freakonomics Radio *(2020).