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OxyContin, a drug manufactured by Purdue Pharmacy and linked to the nation’s opioid epidemic. File Photo
CONCORD, NH –
Deputy Attorney General Jane E. Young announces that New Hampshire has joined 47 states, the District of Columbia and five U.S. territories in a $573 million settlement with McKinsey & Company, resolving investigations into the company’s role in working for opioid companies, helping those companies promote their opioids, and profiting from the opioid epidemic.
New Hampshire will receive $3,332,762 over five years from the multistate settlement. Under a state law enacted last year, the proceeds from this settlement will be deposited into a fund that will be used to abate problems caused by opioids. This is the first multi-state opioid settlement to result in substantial payment to the states to address the epidemic.
Former state Rep. Robert Forsythe pleads guilty to assault charges
Robert Forsythe, a candidate for a state representative in District 8, waves to a resident at the Boscawen Transfer Station on Saturday, Oct. 18, 2014. JULIE BYRD-JENKINS
Published: 1/29/2021 2:05:40 PM
Former New Hampshire state representative Robert Forsythe pleaded guilty to assault charges Friday, and is being released again on bail to get his affairs in order before sentencing hearing.
Forsythe, 38, who represented Boscawen at the State House, pleaded guilty to two simple assault charges against a former intimate partner – first that he grabbed her by the arms and pushed her out of the way, and second that he kneed her in the back at her home on June 28, 2020. Friday’s hearing took place online.