OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma gotin settlement contracts with 3 significant drugstore chains and an opioid maker amountingto more than $226 million, Attorney General John O’Connor revealed Wednesday.
Including the brand-new settlements with drugmaker Allergan and drugstore chains CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, Oklahoma has got more than $900 million from opioid makers and suppliers to aid address the state’s opioid crisis, O’Connor stated.
“The opioid crisis hasactually caused offensive discomfort on Oklahoma households and triggered the deaths of thousands of Oklahomans,” O’Connor stated in a declaration. “Between 2016 and 2020, more than 3,000 Oklahomans passedaway from opioid overdoses.”
Nearly all the settlement funds needto be utilized to assistance remediate the impacts of the opioid crisis in Oklahoma, consistingof avoidance and treatment services.
In November, 3 of the biggest U.S. drugstore chains reached settlements with states over the toll of opioids worth a overall of about $13 billion. Under the different offers, CVS Health and Walgreen Co. are ea