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Flint, MI—Against a beige brick wall on the east side of Flint’s downtown bus station is a single vending machine. It seems unremarkable, but on closer
Citizens struggle to track how states are using all the money health care executives paid for their get-out-of-jail cards after they killed or addicted millions.
On Wednesday, the FDA approved the Narcan nasal spray, which reverses the effects of an opioid overdose, becoming an over-the-counter drug without a prescription.
Spending the money effectively and equitably is a tall order for state and local governments, and a lack of transparency in the process is already leading to fears of misuse.
All told, drugmakers and distributors will pay over $50 billion to communities harmed by opioids. An investigation finds that only a dozen states are letting the public see how they use the money.