War on Drugs
Florida to be paid $860 as settlement of opioid epidemic lawsuit
CVS and pharmaceutical companies are to pay Florida a combined $860 million as part of the settlement for an opioid epidemic case, state officials announced Wednesday. Florida began filing “thousands of lawsuits against companies that make and distribute the drugs” in 2010, reports abc News.
The lawsuits were seeking to hold the pharmaceutical companies accountable for the opioid epidemic which has been linked to over 500,000 deaths in the United States over the past two decades.
The death count includes those from prescription painkillers such as OxyContin and generic oxycodone as well as illicit drugs such as heroin and illegally produced fentanyl. A “handful” of cases have gone to trial, with may settling out of court, particularly over the last year.
Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody announced CVS Health Corp and CVS Pharmacy Inc. will pay the state $484 million, Teva Pharmaceuticals Industries Ltd. agreed to pay $195 million and Allergan PLC more than $134 million.
“The opioid epidemic is wreaking havoc on Florida families,” Moody said in a news release. “The monies secured from CVS, Teva, Allergan and Endo will help further our efforts to remediate the harm and suffering of Floridians.”
The money from CVS, Moody added, will be divided between the state and Florida cities and counties, which were beset by opioid overdoses and illicit drug use during the “pill mill” epidemic of a decade ago. The money must be spent on tackling the opioid crisis.
Immigration
LISTEN: Sara Carter on ‘Sean Hannity radio show’: ‘border towns are literally controlled by the drug traffickers’
Sara Carter joined Sean Hannity’s radio show to discuss, as Hannity states, being ‘sick and tired of getting lied to.’ The Biden White House and administration ‘flat out lie’ about the border being ‘secure’ and even Moore misleading, that it’s ‘closed.’ “It’s a lie” says Hannity. “We have never been this insecure” at the border says Hannity.
They even go so far as to say fentanyl smuggling at the border is at ‘historic lows.’ Sara Carter has spent extensive time at the border and states “there is no security at the border” and that the lies from the Biden admiiniistratioon with regard to the border is “so overt.”
Carter explains that her own experience with being at the border has given her knowledge that the Gulf Cartel and its offshoot groups have operators inside cities that actually have check points. Carter explains to listeners how important it is to understand how this works: “border towns are literally controlled by the drug traffickers.”
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Duane Mo tez
March 30, 2022 at 6:31 pm
Foolish Foolishness
Phil Dufault
March 31, 2022 at 5:51 pm
Well I believe more of the ODs are a result from what comes through the wide open Southern Borders and air and sea from Cucia.
AntiCommies
April 5, 2022 at 7:20 pm
With Dems idiotic open border policy, why regulate any drugs?
Roger Berry
April 7, 2022 at 4:03 am
You need a few more ZEROS in the headline !!!!!
Sher
April 7, 2022 at 7:02 pm
I just find it odd too, that CVS is another WEF contributor along with all the pharmaceutical companies on their list of supporters. Why should they be trusted to say they care. Klaus Swabb’s side kick is out and pretty blunt saying too many people, useless beings and mocking God. Even said humans are hackable and now tracking under the skin. Now how can that happen? We need billboards with names and places to find that information.