OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma agreed on Monday to pay $4.28 billion to settle lawsuits alleging it helped to create the opioid epidemic.

Nearly half of all U.S. states want a share of that money to pay for programs to address record overdose deaths and a worsening opioid crisis during the pandemic.

Today on All Sides with Ann Fisher, the impact of the pandemic on addiction treatment and where the recovery community heads from here.

Guests:
Sara Randazzo, law reporter, the Wall Street Journal
Kirk Kureska, vice president of hospital operations, NewVista Behavioral Health
Dr. Anahi Ortiz, Franklin County Coroner
Andy Albrecht, CEO; the Counseling Center, Inc.
Blyth Barnow, Harm Reduction Faith Manager, Faith In Public Life in Ohio