Details on Ohio’s Opioid Settlements

Ohio will receive more than $1 billion in lawsuit settlements from companies involved with making and marketing prescription opioids. State and local governments are now planning how the money will the spent and who will control the money.

Harm Reduction Ohio has created the Ohio Opioid Settlement Project web site to publish information for the public and government officials to better understand the opioid settlements and how the money is being used. The Ohio Opioid Settlement Project will provide plain language explanations and analyses, plus original documents that can be read by anyone interested.  (To start, see key settlement documents below.)

Ohio Opioid Settlement Documents

Ohio Opioid Settlement Agreement 

This Memorandum of Understanding controls how opioid settlement funds received from wholesale distributors and manufacturers will be allocated in Ohio and who will control it.

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Opioid Settlement Funds to Local Governments

More than 2,000 local governments in Ohio will receive opioid settlement money. This document estimates, by percentage, how the opioid settlement’s local share (30% of the total amount) will be divided.

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Allowed Spending of Opioid Settlement Money

This eight-page document lists what Ohio governments can spend opioid settlement funds paid from legal settlements with wholesales distributors and opioid manufacturers.

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Opioid Settlement Funds to Local Governments

More than 2,000 local governments in Ohio will receive opioid settlement money. This document estimates total payments that each government will receive from wholesale opioid distributors over 18 years.

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