Multnomah County expects a $4.7 million payout as part of a national opioid settlement , officials announced Thursday.

That sum, which will be doled out over nine years, is part of a $7.4 billion settlement reached in January against the Sackler family and their company, Purdue Pharma, for their role in fueling the opioid crisis.

“While no amount of money can ever replace the lives lost or repair the devastation caused, these settlement dollars are a crucial resource to help our community heal,” county Chair Jessica Vega Pederson said in a statement.

The county said it will use the settlement dollars to fund addiction prevention and recovery programs, like recovery beds, substance use disorder treatment and the distribution of naloxone, an opioid overdose reversal medication.

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