David Chisholm, 64, of Wasilla, Alaska, has been sentenced to 34 months in prison for illegally prescribing opioids to 350 patients, which resulted in five overdoses.
A federal judge overturned an estimated $4.5 billion settlement that legally shielded members of the Sackler family, owners of Purdue Pharma who stand accused of helping fuel the opioid epidemic in the U.S.