Knoxville News Sentinel
Tennessee will reap an estimated $600 million to fight its deadly opioid addiction epidemic as part of deal announced Wednesday between drug makers and distributors and states.
Tennessee Attorney General Herbert Slatery and a half-dozen of his fellow attorneys general said they reached a historic settlement in what has been a years-long battle to hold opioid makers, distributors and dispensers financially responsible for a crisis they intentionally fueled.
The $26 billion deal with three drug distributors AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson and drug maker Johnson & Johnson is the second largest product safety settlement in U.S. history, according to the attorneys general. Cigarette makers settled similar litigation years ago for $206 billion.
Tennessee opioid settlement with drug makers means $600M for treatment
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