all of these cases. those talks collapsed. according to the cdc, nearly 400,000 people in the u.s. died between 1999 and 2017. the result of the opioid crisis. as we learn more about these settlements, we want to take a moment to talk about what happens next. where will the settlement money go? to do that we want to take a look at one previous case. there's a new report from the "washington post" focusing on west virginia's settlement with the oxycontin maker purdue pharma back in 2001, which was the beginning of this crisis. it takes an in-depth look at the real human consequences of the opioid crisis in the state. thousands of children orphaned when their parents o.d.ed are now in foster care. west virginia was the very first state to take one of these settlements. purdue pharma was ordered to pay $10 million over the course of four years. the money went to a variety of things including lawyers and treatment facilities. but child advocates say not enough was invested in the child