/tags/opioids-lawsuit opioids lawsuit en-US Copyright KUNC/Community Radio for Northern Colorado 2020 Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:23:00 GMT /news/2022-12-16/with-a-state-approved-plan-in-hand-weld-county-is-ready-for-pending-opioid-settlement-funds Weld County is poised to receive about $1.2 million in settlements from federal opioid lawsuits, and the Colorado Opioid Abatement Council has approved its plans for using the funds. The chair of the Weld County Regional Opioid Council, which created the plan, joins us. Fri, 16 Dec 2022 13:23:00 GMT /news/2022-12-16/with-a-state-approved-plan-in-hand-weld-county-is-ready-for-pending-opioid-settlement-funds Nikole Robinson Carroll /npr-news/2019-12-26/in-2019-the-legal-fight-over-opioids-unraveled-into-confusion-and-infighting This was meant to be the year we answered a big question about the deadly opioid epidemic: Will drug companies that make and sell prescription pain medications be held liable? That clarity never came. Thu, 26 Dec 2019 14:00:00 GMT /npr-news/2019-12-26/in-2019-the-legal-fight-over-opioids-unraveled-into-confusion-and-infighting Brian Mann