It has received less attention in the past two years during the pandemic, but the nation’s opioid crisis and the resulting death rate has continued at an alarming pace. Now, counties across Pennsylvania are set to receive their first payments for rehab-related services from a multi-billion-dollar settlement with pharmaceutical distributors. Most of the overdose deaths have been due to heroin and fentanyl, most recently. Pennsylvania is receiving just over a billion dollars from the national opioid case settlement. All 67 counties should be getting their first payments in a few months. Last year alone in Pennsylvania, there were 4,300 overdose deaths.