Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall today announced that the State is joining a major nationwide settlement with eight pharmaceutical companies tied to the opioid epidemic. With full participation from local governments, public hospitals, and other state agencies, Alabama is set to receive approximately $11.725 million from manufacturers linked to the crisis.
These funds are in addition to the estimated $75 million Alabama is slated to receive from the Sackler family-Purdue Pharma settlement previously reported By ALPolitics.com.
“This settlement marks another pivotal achievement in Alabama’s aggressive and uniquely successful legal strategy to hold opioid manufacturers, distributors, and others accountable,” said AG Marshall. “Our states have faced unimaginable loss due to the widespread abuse and misuse of opioids, and we have responded with decisive legal action.”…