Tweet - "As states & localities work toward a settlement to hold some of the drug companies accountable for fueling the opioid epidemic, we must heed lessons from the tobacco settlement and safeguard critical funds for treatment, prevention, and public health purposes."

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"As states & localities work toward a settlement to hold some of the drug companies accountable for fueling the opioid epidemic, we must heed lessons from the tobacco settlement and safeguard critical funds for treatment, prevention, and public health purposes."

@NPR
"The three drug distributors will spread their $21 billion payments over 18 years. Johnson & Johnson will contribute $5 billion over a 9-year span, and no longer will manufacture opioids. https://www.npr.org/2021/07/21/1018881195/state-attorneys-general-26-billion-opioid-settlement"

"Drug companies ignited our nation's opioid epidemic. Any settlement money must go toward helping to solve it and preventing future addiction."

@SenatorDurbin

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