St. Lawrence County is set to receive over $1 million to combat the opioid epidemic, state officials say.

Attorney General Letitia James announced up to $1.5 billion will be distributed among all 62 counties in New York, with St. Lawrence County to receive $1,037,527.98 to $1,812,573.69.

The North Country region is set to receive $7.97 million to $14.46 million from the various payouts of settlements recently negotiated with various manufacturers and distributors of pharmaceutical drugs that were deemed to have led to the epidemic.

The lawsuit filed in 2019 was, at the time, considered to be the nation’s most extensive lawsuit against the various manufacturers and distributors of opioids, according to state officials.

The manufacturers named in Attorney General James’ complaint included Purdue Pharma and its affiliates, as well as members of the Sackler Family (owners of Purdue) and trusts they control; Janssen Pharmaceuticals and its affiliates (including its parent company Johnson & Johnson); Mallinckrodt LLC and its affiliates; Endo Health Solutions and its affiliates; Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc. and its affiliates; and Allergan Finance, LLC and its affiliates.

The distributors named in the complaint were McKesson Corporation, Cardinal Health Inc., Amerisource Bergen Drug Corporation, and Rochester Drug Cooperative Inc.

New laws establishing the opioid settlement fund dicate all funds collected by the state from opioid settlements or litigation victories will be allocated specifically for abatement efforts in communities devastated by the opioid epidemic and will not go towards the state’s general fund.