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Missoula officials outline small local shares from national opioid settlements, funds limited to abatement
Summary
County staff reported preliminary estimates that Missoula County and the Missoula Metropolitan Region would receive modest, multi‑year payments from pending Purdue Sackler and other opioid settlements; money must be spent on opioid abatement as defined in the national MDL settlement documents.
Missoula County staff told commissioners on Aug. 27 that pending national opioid settlements could bring only modest sums to the county and the joint Missoula Metropolitan Region and that the money must be used for opioid abatement. John, a county staff member, said the county’s share from a proposed Purdue/Sackler settlement would be about $182,000 spread over a number of years, while the Missoula Metropolitan Region’s share could be about $1,066,000 over the same period. He said a separate settlement with eight smaller manufacturers could yield “just south of $26,000” for the county and about…
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