Sackler family, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis

Sackler family, Purdue Pharma reach $7.4 billion settlement with 15 states over opioid crisis

The Sackler family and Purdue Pharma, the maker of the addictive painkiller oxycontin, have reached a $7.4 billion settlement with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states for fueling the opioid crisis, New York Attorney General Letitia James announced Thursday.  The settlement bars the Sackler family from selling opioids in the U.S. and ends its control…

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