The Cherokee Nation has proposed a plan to use tribal opioid settlement funds to construct drug treatment facilities for tribal citizens.
TAHLEQUAH, Okla. — Cherokee Nation citizens can expect construction on a new drug treatment facility to begin soon, financed by a settlement reached between Native American tribes and drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and the country's three largest drug distribution companies.
On Thursday, April 7, Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. and Deputy Chief B...