Mayor announces how Baltimore will spend opioid restitution funds from lawsuit settlements

Baltimore leaders publicly explained on Thursday how the city intends to spend money received through opioid lawsuit settlements. Mayor Brandon Scott said the pharmaceutical companies are responsible for the opioid crisis. “These companies flooded our communities with addictive opioid pills with reckless and deadly abandon, leading to widespread misuses, addiction and, tragically, thousands upon thousands of overdose deaths,” Scott said.