How the Billions from the Opioid Settlement Are Being Spent
- Posted on October 7, 2026
- By The New Yorker
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How the Billions from the Opioid Settlement Are Being Spent
People often call money from the opioid settlement “blood money,” and you might expect that it would go mostly to the families of people who died of overdoses. But much of it has gone to law enforcement—for squad cars, jail costs, drones, and more.
