Stewarding Opioid Settlement Funds with Transparency and Equity: An Interview with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein

N C Med J. 2022 Jul-Aug;83(4):275-277. doi: 10.18043/ncm.83.4.275.

Abstract

Before the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, North Carolina had seen encouraging reductions in opioid overdose deaths. In the years since, this trend has unfortunately reversed. In this interview, Guest Editor Carrie Rosario talks with North Carolina Attorney General Josh Stein about how the state will use settlement funds to prevent future overdose deaths.

Publication types

  • Interview

MeSH terms

  • Analgesics, Opioid
  • COVID-19* / epidemiology
  • Drug Overdose* / prevention & control
  • Financial Management*
  • Humans
  • Lawyers
  • North Carolina
  • Pandemics

Substances

  • Analgesics, Opioid