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NC AG in Pitt County Monday to talk opioid settlement funds

PRE News & Ideas | By Ryan Shaffer

Published June 12, 2023 at 9:47 AM EDT

Attorney General Josh Stein is visiting Pitt County leaders today to discuss the latest opioid settlements.

Every county and some municipalities have already received the first round of payments from a $26 billion national settlement with Johnson & Johnson and three large drugmakers, but more is set to come.

Stein finalized a settlement with Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens last week worth $17 billion. All settlement dollars are intended to go toward efforts to reduce substance abuse.

The meeting is at 3:00 today at the Pitt County Agricultural Center in Greenville.

Ryan Shaffer

Ryan is an Arkansas native and podcast junkie. He was first introduced to public radio during an internship with his hometown NPR station, KUAF. Ryan is a graduate of Tufts University in Somerville, Mass., where he studied political science and led the Tufts Daily, the nation’s smallest independent daily college newspaper. In his spare time, Ryan likes to embroider, attend musicals, and spend time with his fiancée.

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