Advocates seek more say in how opioid settlements are spent


              Courtney Allen an organizer for Mobilize Recovery and on the settlement advisory council for the state of Maine, talks on her cell on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Allen and others are in Washington to meet with Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, to give their recommendations for the distribution of the federal settlement money as billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
            
              Courtney Allen, an organizer for Mobilize Recovery and on the settlement advisory council for the state of Maine, center, Tee Scott, also an organizer at Mobilize Recovery, left, and Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, right visit near the Mobilize Recovery bus on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Allen, Tee, and others are in Washington to meet with Emhoff to give their recommendations for the distribution of the federal settlement money as billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
            
              Courtney Allen an organizer for Mobilize Recovery and on the settlement advisory council for the state of Maine, talks on her cell on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Allen and others are in Washington to meet with Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, to give their recommendations for the distribution of the federal settlement money as billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
            
              Courtney Allen, far left, and Joseph Green, both organizers for Mobilize Recovery, applaud as Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, right, and Dr. Rahul Gupta, Director of National Drug Control Policy, second from right, sign the Mobilize Recovery bus parked Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Allen and others are in Washington to meet Emhoff and other to give their recommendations for the distribution of the federal settlement money as billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)
            
              The Mobilize Recovery bus is parked on Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the White House in Washington, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Members of Mobilize Recover and others are in Washington to meet with Doug Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, to give their recommendations for the distribution of the federal settlement money as billions of dollars in opioid lawsuit settlements are starting to flow to governments. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)