Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought

Judge Offers Baltimore $100 million for OD Crisis—Far Less Than City Sought

A judge has offered Baltimore $100 million for opioid abatement efforts in a landmark case—but only if it accepts a large cut to the money awarded by a jury in the first phase of trial in 2024. The ruling could massively scale back plans to combat the overdose crisis in the beleaguered city, which had insisted it needed billions of dollars to augment its harm reduction and treatment initiatives. The August 8 decision was not a complete surprise.…

Judge offers Baltimore $100 million in opioid abatement funds

Baltimore may receive much less than it was hoping from its trial against opioid distributors McKesson and AmerisourceBergen after a ruling from Maryland Circuit Court Judge Lawerence Fletcher-Hill last Friday. Fletcher-Hill ruled that Baltimore is due $100 million in abatement funds from the companies to rectify future issues caused by the widespread sale and distribution of opioids over the last two decades. The decision is significantly less …