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Opioid Settlement Spending Finds Local Officials Holding the Checkbook
· New York time
Questionable opioid settlement spending in 2025 occurred largely at the county and city level, CBS News reported, raising concerns about local control of the funds. Local decision-makers often have no background in addiction policy, according to the report. The concern is how settlement money is directed when officials making choices may lack relevant policy experience. Local control can put decisions close to communities, but it also places substantial responsibility on the people approving expenditures. A checkbook is a useful administrative tool. It is not, by itself, an expertise in addiction policy.
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