Opinion: Onward to the midterms csindy.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from csindy.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Colorado Newsline
(Getty Images)
Under the terms of a multibillion-dollar proposed settlement with multiple states, pharmaceutical company Purdue Pharma and the family that owns it would pay Colorado $50 million to combat the opioid crisis.
Former Colorado Attorney General Cynthia Coffman, a Republican, first sued Purdue Pharma in 2018 over allegations the company employed deceptive marketing practices to sell highly addictive opioid medication. Now-Attorney General Phil Weiser, a Democrat, expanded the state’s legal action the following year, The Colorado Sun reported. A resolution between Purdue, members of the Sackler family, Colorado and other states that sued the company was filed Wednesday in federal bankruptcy court in New York.
Jeff Chiu/AP Photo
File photo. Pharmacist Steve Protzel poses for photos holding a bottle of OxyContin at Daniel s Pharmacy in San Francisco.
Colorado stands to receive at least $50 million to help fight opioid addiction, after agreeing to drop its objections to Purdue Pharma’s bankruptcy plan.
Former Attorney General Cynthia Coffman joined the multi-state lawsuit against the company in 2018. The next year, her successor, Phil Weiser expanded the suit to include the family that owns Purdue Pharma, the Sacklers, as well as some top executives.
The suit alleges that the company’s aggressive and unethical marketing of its drug Oxycontin fueled the ensuing opioid crisis, which killed thousands in Colorado and hundreds of thousands nationally.
Readers Write: Social issues, marijuana bust, Andrea Jenkins, prosecutors, fishing It s nuance, not blasphemy. July 1, 2021 5:45pm Text size Copy shortlink:
Jennifer Brooks used her column last Sunday ( Hey, Anoka County, listen, and listen good ) to scoff at the idea that libraries should be a neutral environment and argues that institutions and people must make a choice. She frames that choice in the stark terms of, You stand with your neighbors or you stand against them.
But complex questions require nuance and discussion. A person can believe that the phrase Black lives matter is 100% true and still believe that the organization Black Lives Matter uses tactics and advances ideas that are wrong.
LETTERS: Hatred in the midst of paradise; strive for thoughtful conversations gazette.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from gazette.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.