Show-Me Opioid Settlement Cash Paused

More info on hard fought money earned by way of HORRIFIC AMERICAN TRAGEDY THAT CROSSES ALL DEMOGRAPHIC LINES now sitting on the bench when it's desperately needed to prevent even more human misery.

Here's the story . . .

More than two-thirds of local governments had not spent any of the funds they received from suing drug companies and distributors over the opioid crisis. Missouri law requires that the money be used for treatment, prevention and other addiction abatement.

Local governments in Missouri spent just 11% of the millions in opioid settlement payouts they had received through the end of 2023, according to the state health department.

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

Why are Missouri's local governments sitting on millions in opioid settlement money?

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