Opioid settlement funds coming to Memphis nonprofits

By , Daily Memphian Updated: March 26, 2024 7:47 PM CT | Published: March 26, 2024 6:16 PM CT

The $80 million, which will be divided among 85 awardees statewide, represents just a portion of the total settlement money the state will receive from opioid producers, distributors, pharmacies and marketers over an 18-year period. 

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Opioid Epidemic Opioid Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti nonprofit sector
Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki

Aisling Mäki covers health care, banking and finance, technology and professions. After launching her career in news two decades ago, she worked in public relations for almost a decade before returning to journalism in 2022.

As a health care reporter, she’s collaborated with The Carter Center, earned awards from the Associated Press and Society of Professional Journalists and won a 2024 Tennessee Press Association first-place prize for her series on discrepancies in Shelby County life expectancy by ZIP code.


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