Purdue settlelment

Oklahoma received a $270 million dollar settlement from Purdue Pharma over the opioid problem and it is using much of the money to build new campus facilities that will supposedly study addiction but the labs will be used for a variety of things. This follows a patter of other states which have received settlements from Purdue. For example West Virginia used part of its $10 million to remodel the police department and build a new gym. This is mindful of the tobacco settlement in the late 90's. Billions of dollars that were supposed to be spent in treatment of illness caused by smoking were used for all sorts of things totally unrelated to smoking.