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Amid hundreds of deaths each year, here’s how Houston is spending opioid settlement dollars

Summary by houstonlanding.org
More than 600 Harris County residents died of an opioid overdose in 2023, an average of 11 individuals each week.That same year, the city of Houston obtained the first round of opioid abatement funds it is set to receive over the next two decades as part of a statewide legal settlement with pharmaceutical companies and distributors.Of the $4.4 million the city has received to date, more than $500,000 has been spent on naloxone, opioid-simulating…
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houstonlanding.org broke the news in on Wednesday, May 14, 2025.
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