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Utah has a combined $56 million in settlement funds that counties are deciding how to spend. Critics question if police gear and wages are the best use of the money — saying treatment and recovery have historically been underfunded.

A review by The Utah Investigative Journalism Project of account ledgers, budget documents, funding proposals and other public records found that a majority of counties in the state have spent little to none of the opioid funding they’ve received.

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Rep. John Curtis, R-UT, has introduced legislation he said will help combat opioid addiction. It would let patients state in their medical records that they don’t want to be given opioids. Dr. Shane Brogan, director of pain medicine with Huntsman Cancer Institute said the bill has good intentions, but a more important step would be to make it easier to access other pain treatment options — like physical therapy.