Attorney General Peterson announces $26 billion settlement in opioid scandal
by: George Lauby - Jul. 22, 2021
State News
Major pharmaceutical distributors have been hammered with an historic $26 billion multi-state settlement over potentially illegal opioid distribution practices, Nebraska Attorney General Doug Peterson announced Wednesday.
Nebraska’s share of the settlement will be around $100 million over the next 18 years, A.G spokeswoman Suzanne Gage said Thursday.
The money will help bring desperately needed relief to people across the country who are struggling with opioid addiction, Peterson said in the announcement. The settlement was with the three major U.S. distributors Cardinal, McKesson, and Amerisource/Bergen – as well as Johnson & Johnson, which manufactured opioids as well as marketed them.
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