State and local governments will receive a windfall of more than $50 billion over 18 years from settlements with companies that made, sold, or distributed opioid painkillers. Using the funds for law enforcement has triggered important questions about what the money was meant for.
“Should we build a hospital, or continue throwing our Ill and infirm from tall structures in the hopes that the mighty sky-god will cast a blessingupon them? This reporter can only gawk at the enormity of this issue, and the valid concerns presented by both the Doctors requesting adequate medical equipment and SNAAHRL, the shapeless Thing that lives in the dark chasm below the cliffside and definitely doesn’t eat corpses. A truly difficult decision awaits legislators”.
Agreed.
“Should we build a hospital, or continue throwing our Ill and infirm from tall structures in the hopes that the mighty sky-god will cast a blessingupon them? This reporter can only gawk at the enormity of this issue, and the valid concerns presented by both the Doctors requesting adequate medical equipment and SNAAHRL, the shapeless Thing that lives in the dark chasm below the cliffside and definitely doesn’t eat corpses. A truly difficult decision awaits legislators”.