City holds final listening session on opioid restitution funds

Deadline soon for city to accept or reject slashed opioid settlement

Several years ago Baltimore City when confronting the Big Pharma companies that bore responsibility for the opioid epidemic. But after a big win last fall, it now faces a crossroads.In June, Judge Fletcher-Hill proposed granting only a fraction of the $266 million awarded by a jury to the city against Americsourcebergen and McKesson at just under $52 million.The judge indicated the damages did not match the liability had been proven in court.I t…

City holds final listening session on opioid restitution funds

The opioid restitution funds are coming from lawsuits against pharmaceutical companies for fueling the opioid epidemic in Baltimore City.

Officials hold final listening session focused on Baltimore City's Overdose Response Strategic Plan

Baltimore City officials heard from residents in a final listening session on Wednesday about what they want to see done with a chunk of the more than $400 million the city is set to receive in opioid restitution funds. “I want to know, we have this money, where’s the money going?” said Paulette Jones, an East Baltimore resident who attended Wednesday’s meeting at Henderson Hopkins Middle and Elementary School. “We (had) the meeting, gave them o…