County district attorneys are in line for millions of dollars, but under-resourced public defenders say they’ve been sidelined.
Under the settlement, officials overseeing Pa.’s court system will encourage all county courts to adopt an anti-discrimination policy for opioid use disorder medications.
According to the latest CDC data from 2020, Pennsylvania ranked among the worst ten states for drug overdose death rate.
Strife in Ohio highlights the tensions emerging nationwide as settlement funds start flowing.
Public health experts and many government officials say the introduction of Oxycontin fueled the nation’s deadly opioid epidemic.
The city of Philadelphia has agreed to pay $4.15 million to a man who spent 24 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit.
Pennsylvania is in line to receive more than $53 million as part of a nationwide settlement with a British company that once distributed a drug used to treat opioid addiction.
