Berkshires Getting $4.5M From Opioid Settlement
CLARKSBURG, Mass. — Berkshire County will be getting up to $4.5 million in funding as part of the settlement against purveyors of opioids.
State Attorney General Maura Healey joined a consortium of states attorneys filing suit against OxyContin distributors Cardinal, McKesson and Amerisource Bergen, and opioid-maker Johnson & Johnson.
Massachusetts is expected to receive about $525,644,463 in settlement funds over the next 16 years with the first payment in 2022 of $59,112,207.
Of that, communities will get about 40 percent with the balance going to statewide Opioid Recovery and Remediation Fund.
The Berkshires is set to get about 2.15 percent of that, with funds apportioned out to each community (or "subdivision").
Pittsfield, as the largest community, will get about 1.15 percent. That means $272,909 this first year (includes two payments) and a total of $2.4 million by the end of the 16 years.
Clarksburg, one of the first communities to sign on to the lawsuit several years ago, will get $7,186 this year and a total of $63,902 by the end of the payout.
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