Rhode Island A.G. Not Agreeing To Opioid Settlement

(Providence, RI)--Rhode Island Attorney General Peter Neronha is commenting on a tentative opioid settlement.The New York Times reports the Sackler family, the owners of Purdue Pharma, is expected to pay three-billion dollars and arrange for the profits from Oxycontin to go to the plaintiffs.The agreement is with lawyers representing thousands of municipal governments, tribes and states.Neronha says his office has not agreed to the settlement, and that more information is needed to make sure it adequately compensates the state.He says the A.G.'s office filed a complaint yesterday against additional members of the Sackler family for the role they played in distributing highly-addictive opioids in Rhode Island.


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