Arizona to receive $108M as $7.4 billion Purdue–Sackler opioid settlement takes effect

Arizona to receive $108M as $7.4 billion Purdue–Sackler opioid settlement takes effect

Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes announced today that a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement with Purdue Pharma and members of the Sackler family has become legally effective, sending an estimated $108,179,642 to the state and capping nearly a decade of multistate litigation over Purdues marketing of OxyContin and other opioids.These settlement dollars can never undo the damage done to countless Arizona families because of the Sacklers deceptio…