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New Jersey will use the $641 million it will get from a nationwide settlement with Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors from the country’s opioid addiction crisis to fund drug treatment and prevention across the state, Gov. Phil Murphy said on Friday. The money is expected to be divided evenly between the state and counties and municipalities, he said. New Jersey’s share is a part of a $26 billion settlement between the drugmaker and the distributors that will be shared among other states. “We will not give up this fight, and we will not give up hope. And we won’t give up on the resi…