Download the Data: Louisiana Sheriffs Opioid Settlement Expenditures

In Louisiana, sheriffs receive 20% of the state’s opioid settlement cash — the largest carve-out for law enforcement nationwide. But since sheriffs are not required to proactively report how they spend the money, it’s hard to track. Reporters from KFF Health News, The Current, Gulf States Newsroom, and Verite News contacted all 64 sheriffs to uncover spending details.

Note: In some cases, the amount of money spent exceeds the amount allocated because sheriffs may have reported spending that included their 2026 allocations or because sheriffs combined their opioid settlement dollars with the share received by parish governments or other funding sources. Descriptions of spending are based on emails or phone calls with the sheriffs’ offices and have been lightly edited.

The project team is happy to assist you in better understanding the data and its limitations. We want to ensure it is used widely and represented accurately. Please reach out to us at opioidpayback@kff.org.

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