Wisconsin is set to receive more than 80-million-dollars from a nationwide settlement with Purdue pharma and its owners.
The agreement is part of a nearly seven-and-a-half-billion-dollar deal resolving lawsuits over the company’s role in the opioid crisis. Officials say Purdue and the Sackler family were accused of aggressively marketing opioids across the country. The settlement bans the Sackler family from selling opioids and directs funding to treatment, prevention, and recovery efforts over the next 15 years. State officials say Wisconsin has secured more than 874-million dollars in total opioid settlement funds.
