Oklahoma reaches opioid settlement with 3 drug companies
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June 29, 2022
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma officials have reached an opioid settlement with three drug companies that would bring more than $250 million to finance efforts to battle opioid addiction, state Attorney General John O'Connor has announced.
The deal with McKesson, Cardinal and AmerisourceBergen settled a lawsuit in which Oklahoma accused the companies of fostering a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse, O'Connor said in a Monday statement.
"Many Oklahoma families have been ravaged and lives have been lost by opioid addictions and overdoses," O'Connor said. "Money cannot possibly heal those wounds...
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