In July, the King County Council declared fentanyl a public health crisis. The council made the declaration after learning that the number of deaths from fentanyl overdoses in King County more than doubled in 2021, and in 2022, the county is still on track to set another record for overdoses.
Fentanyl use is a direct outgrowth of the opioid crisis and Ferguson said the funds from the drug companies will only be used to deal with the opioid situation in Washington and cannot be used for other purposes. Ferguson said he had the choice to join a national settlement that was agreed to by attorneys general across the country, but his office declined to do so and instead went to trial.“Half a billion dollars is a lot of money, but there is no amount of money that we could bring back from this litigation that would bring back the lives that have been lost because of the opioid epidemic in Washington state.
Ferguson said King County will get $56 million from the funds, followed by Pierce County, which will receive $26 million, and Snohomish County will receive a little more than $25 million.One of the distributors, the McKesson Corporation, posted a statement in May when Ferguson highlighted the resolution.
First can you use the money to clean up the entire state due to addicts wondering around aimlessly? Outside center sound there are homeless doing laundry on cars of customers at Walmart. One able bodied man pulled down his pants to change. It's an utter cesspool everywhere!
First can you use the money to clean up the entire state due to addicts wondering around aimlessly? Outside center sound there are homeless doing laundry on cars of customers at Walmart. One able bodied man pulled down his pants down to change. It's an utter cesspool everywhere!