Ohio’s Opioid Settlement: Proceeds and Plans for Impact
Tuesday, December 7, 2021 | 12 – 1:15 p.m. EST | Zoom
When 14 state attorneys general announced the opioid settlement in July 2021, very little information was made available about how the settlement would be divided among parties to the lawsuits or how various states would use the settlement to address the harms to their communities.
Join the Drug Enforcement and Policy Center and Harm Reduction Ohio for a moderated panel discussion whose goal will be to shed light on the details of the settlement. The discussion will address how settlement proceeds will be divided among participating states, who has the power to determine how the money will be spent in the state of Ohio, the current plans for the state of Ohio, and what communities and individuals impacted by the opioid epidemic can expect to see in the upcoming years.
Panelists:
Jonathan Blanton, Deputy Attorney General for Major Litigation, Ohio Attorney General’s Office
Zach Klein, City Attorney, Columbus, Ohio
Christine Minhee, Open Society Foundations Soros Justice Fellow and visiting scholar, University of Washington School of Law
Moderator:
Micah Berman, associate professor, Moritz College of Law and College of Public Health, The Ohio State University