The Impact of Opioid Settlements on New Jersey’s Mental Health and Addiction Services
For decades now, the impact of opioids has rippled through neighborhoods, affecting individuals of all ages and backgrounds. While efforts have been made across the country at the local, state, and federal levels to combat the opioid epidemic, the most consequential of these efforts may have come in 2022 when, as part of a nationwide settlement, major pharmaceutical companies agreed to pay billions of dollars in fines to states across the United States, including New Jersey.
