Billings police seized more than 80,000 pills suspected to contain fentanyl and BPD’s Street Crimes Unit confiscated about 20,600 pills, more than five times the amount seized in 2022.
The Montana Opioid Abatement Trust is expected to receive about $75 million as part of the multi-state settlements reached with Teva, Allergan, CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
More than a dozen drugmakers, pharmaceutical distributors, and pharmacies were sued for their role in fueling the epidemic, settling for billions of dollars.