Tricia Christensen

Nov 21, 2023 | healthaffairs.org | Roxanne Saucier |Sarah Evans |Tricia Christensen |Christine Minhee

More than $50 billion will flow into states and municipalities over the next two decades from legal settlements with opioid manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies accused of fueling the overdose crisis through irresponsible sales of painkillers. There has not been a public health settlement of this scope in the US since the tobacco settlements a quarter century ago.