North Carolina to receive up to $150 million from opioid settlement

NORTH CAROLINA — North Carolina will get a cut of a nationwide opioid settlement.

Purdue Pharma and its Sackler family owners agreed to more than $7 billion.

It is tied to claims that OxyContin caused a widespread opioid addiction crisis.

North Carolina is set to receive up to $150 million.

That sum will be divided between state and local government.

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Mecklenburg County to get next wave of spending to battle opioid crisis

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