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A pedestrian walks past a mural in Huntington, W.Va., on March 18. Huntington was once ground zero for the U.S. opioid epidemic.

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Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?

5:01am July 30, 2021

by Brian Mann

As a landmark federal opioid trial nears completion, West Virginia communities are demanding $2.5 billion in compensation. Drug firms say they acted responsibly in shipping millions of pills.

McKesson, AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health have agreed to a $1.1 billion settlement with the state of New York over their alleged role in opioid distribution.

States Are Near A $26 Billion Opioid Settlement With Drug Distributors

6:26pm July 20, 2021

by Brian Mann

Four big drug companies would pay out $26 billion to dozens of states over the next 17 years.

Cardinal Health was one of a handful of corporations to strike a last-minute settlement with two Ohio counties, to avoid the first major trial in the landmark federal litigation effort concerning the opioid health crisis.

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Opioid Trial: 4 Companies Reach Tentative Settlement With Ohio Counties

12:46pm October 21, 2019

by Brian Mann

Four defendants, including three big U.S. distributors, have struck a deal with Summit and Cuyahoga counties. It doesn't resolve thousands of other lawsuits filed against the firms across the U.S.

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Judge Thad Balkman holds a hearing Tuesday on his final judgment in the opioid lawsuit against Johnson & Johnson by the state of Oklahoma.

3 Major Drug Distributors Reportedly Negotiating $18B Opioid Settlement

9:06pm October 15, 2019

by Richard Gonzales

A new study estimates that the opioid epidemic has cost the U.S. economy about $631 billion due to health care costs and the unrealized lifetime earnings of people who died of overdoses.

Legislators Want Ex-Mental Health Executives To Repay Severance

2:55pm December 12, 2017

by Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

North Carolina lawmakers want state health officials to take nearly $4 million in severance away from the fired CEO of a regional mental health agency and three other top administrators who resigne

Tops to prescription bottles are pictured inside the Wal-Mart pharmacy.

Cherokee Nation Sues Wal-Mart, CVS, Walgreens Over Tribal Opioid Crisis

8:58pm April 25, 2017

by Nate Hegyi

The tribe says these companies regularly filled large, suspicious prescriptions within the Nation's 14 counties in northeastern Oklahoma, leading to hundreds of tribal members' deaths.