In 2024, a joint investigation by KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof found that nationwide more than $61 million in opioid settlement funds were spent on law enforcement-related efforts.
December 31, 2024
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Findings from a 2024 investigation of how opioid settlement money was spent by states and localities.
In 2024, states and localities spent or committed nearly $2.7 billion in opioid settlement funds, according to public records compiled by the investigation.
December 31, 2024
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Aggregate amount of opioid settlement spending or commitments documented in 2024 public records.
In 2024, approximately 20% of opioid settlement funds were untrackable through public records, based on the investigation's compilation of expenditures.
December 31, 2024
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Proportion of settlement funds that could not be traced via public records in the 2024 investigation.
KFF Health News, the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, and Shatterproof conducted a yearlong documentation effort in 2024 and compiled a database of more than 10,500 recorded ways opioid settlement funds were used or not used.
December 31, 2024
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A 2024 collaborative data collection effort to track jurisdictional spending of opioid settlement money.