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Fauquier to join two opioid settlements; county estimates roughly $555,000 additional abatement funds
Summary
The board considered resolutions authorizing Fauquier County to participate in two nationwide opioid settlements; staff estimated about $480,000 from a Purdue Pharma settlement and about $75,000 from a manufacturers' settlement would flow to the county, adding to an existing local abatement fund.
Fauquier County staff presented two resolutions authorizing participation in nationwide opioid settlements and described the expected local shares.
Staff explained the county is part of coordinated litigation represented by outside counsel against manufacturers, pharmacies and distributors. For the Purdue Pharma settlement, staff cited a national settlement figure of roughly $6,500,000,000 and said approximately $104,000,000 will be distributed to Virginia; Fauquier County’s…
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