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While continuing to deny any wrongdoing, Johnson & Johnson will contribute $5 billion over a nine-year span to the $26 billion opioid settlement announced Wednesday.

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State Attorneys General Reach A $26 Billion National Opioid Settlement

5:31pm July 21, 2021

by Brian Mann

Payouts will be spread over the next 18 years, with much of the funding going to help communities struggling with high rates of opioid addiction and overdose deaths.

State prisons are grappling with how to deal with an increase in overdoses due to alcohol and drug abuse.

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Overdose Deaths In State Prisons Have Jumped Dramatically Since 2001

3:49pm July 15, 2021

Deaths from drugs and alcohol have increased by more than 600% in state prisons in the last two decades, giving lie to the idea that sending addicts to prison can help them stop using.