How are Louisiana sheriffs spending opioid settlement funds?

By: Katie Jane Fernelius, Verite, Alena Maschke, The Current, Drew Hawkins, Gulf States Newsroom

Outlets: Louisiana Illuminator

Published: August 30, 2026

Words: 2,688

Last Updated: 1 month, 2 weeks ago

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Verite News worked with three other news outlets — KFF Health News, The Current and Gulf States Newsroom — to ask all 64 sheriffs in the state how they’ve spent their opioid settlement funds. The responses were shared and presented in a data table for all four newsrooms to use. The newsrooms also shared interviews with a three-person review panel, the executive counsel for the Louisiana Opioid Abatement Administration Corp. and the …

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