A partisan split could delay a strategy to fix the opioid crisis
Last year, 49 states and thousands of cities, counties and territories joined in massive litigation designed to punish the drug industry for its role in the opioid crisis.
“The clear message is, we aren’t rolling over here,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said. “We are representing our states and our citizens who have suffered extensive harm and we want to make sure we obtain a sufficient amount to address what is a public health crisis."Get the latest on the health care fight, every weekday morning — in your inbox.By signing up you agree to receive email newsletters or alerts from POLITICO. You can unsubscribe at any time.
North Carolina’s Democratic attorney general, Josh Stein. “I believe they need to be held accountable.” The company sparked outrage anew in a White Plains, N.Y., court this week by asking to pay "certain employees" $34 million in bonuses to keep them from leaving Purdue during its trials, The Washington Post reported. Plaintiffs in the case said Purdue should put all its funds into repairing the damage of the opioid crisis it is alleged to have helped cause.
poster="http://v.politico.com/images/1155968404/201710/3294/1155968404_5631055177001_5630877304001-vs.jpg?pubId=1155968404"The settlement does not touch moneys the Sackler family allegedly pulled out of Purdue over the years, several attorneys general said, and many are wary of appearing to let them off the hook.
To that end, North Carolina on Tuesday became the latest state to sue the Sackler family in state court, saying they “helped create and fuel the opioid crisis.” “This is a very high stakes game of poker they are playing right now and they are trying to see who blinks first,” said Jonathan Lipson, an expert in bankruptcy law at Temple University.
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