RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — An opioid settlement that will provide North Carolina with $145 million has taken effect, the attorney general’s office said Friday.
According to the Office of the North Carolina Attorney General, North Carolina joined every state and territory in signing a $7.4 billion settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, for their role in the opioid crisis last June.
North Carolina is expected to receive $145 million from the settlement, which will be used towards addiction treatment, prevention, and recovery, according to the attorney general’s office.
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The state Department of Justice said the following payments will be available to local governments in central North Carolina:
- Wake County: $6.94 million
- Guilford County: $4.17 million
- Cumberland County: $3.26 million
- Durham County: $2.23 million
- Orange County: $1.3 million
- Moore County: $1.2 million
- Wayne County: $1.2 million
- Nash County: $1.05 million
- City of Durham: $470,340
- City of Fayetteville: $383,005
According to the attorney general’s office, local governments will receive these payments over the next 15 years…