Last Thursday, Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced that the national opioid settlement will net Arizona over $380 million. In total, $18.75 billion is owed to state and local governments from drug manufacturers Allergan and Teva, as well as retail pharmacies CVS, Walgreens and Walmart.
More than $50 billion has been...National News
Hundreds of lawsuits have been filed by local jurisdictions against manufacturers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers that are fueling the nation's drug abuse crisis.
The move is part of a broader effort to more aggressively target prescription drugmakers for their role in the epidemic, Attorney General Jeff Sessions said....