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Purdue Pharma agrees to new opioid settlement after Delaware, other states appeal
Purdue Pharma and the Sackler family could pay up to $6 billion for the OxyContin maker’s role in the deadly opioid epidemic, Attorney General Kathy Jennings announced Thursday. If approved, Delaware would receive nearly $50 million under the terms of the tentative settlement that includes almost all U.S. states and thousands of local governments. Jennings and eight other attorneys general …
Delaware will spend $100 million opioid windfall on treatment, prevention
Delaware’s share of the opiod settlement will flow into the state over 17 years. Photo by Tanya Nova/Pexels Most of the $100 million Delaware is getting in an opioid lawsuit settlement will be spent on treatment and prevention of drug abuse. Attorney General Kathleen Jennings talked Thursday in a press conference about how the state will deal with its …