New York CNN —New Mexico reached a $500 settlement agreement with Walgreens over the pharmaceutical giant’s role in the opioid epidemic, lawyers for the state said Friday.
Last fall, the state obtained another $274 million in settlements from Albertsons, CVS, Kroger, and Walmart, the lawyers said.
The addition of the Walgreens settlement brings the total to $1 billion brought into the state through opioid litigation.
“No amount of money will bring back the lives lost and ruined because of the over-prescription of prescription opioids,” New Mexico attorney Luis Robles said.
In May, Walgreens and San Francisco reached a $230 million settlement over the opioid crisis.
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Luis Robles, “, Walgreens, ”, Dan Albertstone, Kroger
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New, New York CNN, Walgreens, CVS, Kroger, Walmart
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New York, Mexico, New Mexico, Albertsons, State, San Francisco, West Virginia