Analysis reveals opioid settlement funds cannot effectively replace dwindling federal funding for substance use disorders, indicating a need for alternative solutions.
Substantial gaps remain between current federal SUD funding and what opioid settlement funds can offset. Our findings underscore that opioid settlement funds are not a viable replacement for federal funding, both because they were never intended to serve this purpose, and because they are insufficient in scale.
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