$26 billion being distributed in opioid settlement; New Mexico is not going after the money

$26 billion being distributed in opioid settlement; New Mexico is not going after the money
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$26 billion is being distributed nationally in a settlement involving Johnson & Johnson and three other pharmaceutical companies.
The settlement comes because they distributed opioid painkillers even as addiction and overdose deaths skyrocketed. Sign up for our Newsletters
Attorneys general across the United States are now claiming the money they deserve.
KOAT reached out to New Mexico’s attorney general to see if the state would be claiming money in the settlement, they said they will not.
We broke the news to those who work to fight opioid addiction, they said the money could have been useful.

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