MSNBCW MSNBC Live With Ali Velshi May 28, 2019
Teva reached an 85 million settlement. Both settled without admitting any wrongdoing. This is a monumental case, being the first state lawsuit of its kind to actually reach trial. It is expected to set the stage for hundreds of other lawsuits against opioid manufacturers that are being consolidated into one big case to be tried later this year. The Opioid Epidemic is a nationwide crisis. On average it is estimated that 130 americans die from opioid overdose each day. Whats more, 80 of heroin users misuse, first misuse prescription drugs. Since 1996 more than 200,000 people died from prescripti...