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Purdue tells nbc while it is prepared to defend itself, it sees little good coming from wasteful litigation. the people and communities affected by the opioid crisis need help now. accord being to the cdc, opioids have claimed more than 400,000 lives from 1999 to 2017. and susan allen samuels whose son joe survived an addiction to oxycontin says purdue isn't doing enough >> and they, quite frankly, didn't give a damn 10 to $12 billion now, what is one life worth >> and kristen joins us now. so how likely is the settlement >> reporter: right now it's just a proposal those close to negotiation...

I want to play part of a documentary that you're in. it's called "i am jane doe" talking about the role that drugs play in all of this. >> the easiest way to control these girls is through the use of narcotics, and what we primarily see is meth and heroin. >> which they call the leash. >> we typically see the recru recruiting process happen at methadone clinics. >> i want to ask you about this. you made a speech in the senate. you talked about the close connection between sex trafficking and the opioid crisis. can you talk about that correlation? i think it's something that a lot of people in ...