The Relationship Between State Fiscal Capacity and Opioid Settlement Expenditures
States with higher fiscal and overdose needs spent the most settlement funds per capita in 2022-2023, suggesting effective targeting. Future research should examine whether the opioid settlement funds lead to reductions in overdose deaths, particularly in fiscally constrained areas.
Authors
- Diana Silver (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8135-0306)
- Amanda I. Mauri (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5327-043X)
- Jonathan Cantor (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4468-833X)
- Zoe Lindenfeld (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5456-7665)
- Ryan K. McBain (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0073-0348)
Institutions
- Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey (US)
- RAND Corporation (US)
- Harvard University (US)
- Rutgers Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (NL)
- Department of Health (TW)
- Department of Health Services (US)
- New York University (US)
- University of Maryland, College Park (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Substance Use & Misuse
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1080/10826084.2025.2571849
- Primary Topic
- Fiscal Policy and Economic Growth
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00