Since 1999, over 1 million Americans died from an opioid overdose. Narcan, a form of naloxone, has increased in price during that time. A new nonprofit called Harm Reduction Therapeutics recently got FDA approval to make a more affordable naloxone nasal spray.
As the opioid crisis worsened, killing more and more Americans each year, the only drug that could resuscitate someone from a fatal overdose got more expensive.
Over the next decade, Utah will see hundreds of millions of dollars funneled into the state through settlements from some of the nation s largest opioid manufacturers, accused of fueling the addiction crisis that in 2021 killed over 80,000 Americans, according to the National Institutes of Health.
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Even as Matthew Broderick is set to play Richard Sackler in the upcoming Netflix series “Painkiller,” the bankruptcy settlement against Purdue Pharma is still pending. Utah recently announced a settlement from companies like CVS, Walmart and Walgreens for their role in the opioid addiction crisis.