Van Zee and Sister Beth viewed the settlement with both satisfaction and regret. Though the executives were placed on probation for three years and ordered to perform four hundred hours of community service in a drug abuse or drug treatment program, Van Zee and Sister Beth were furious that the Purdue fine would not be allocated to provide drug treatment in the medically underserved region. “This little county was left with nothing, even though we’ve been disproportionately impacted” by the drug, Sister Beth said. The $634.5 million fine was instead divided among law enforcement, state, and
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