The three largest U.S. drug distributors will pay more than $75 million to resolve claims they fueled an opioid epidemic in the Cherokee Nation’s territory in Oklahoma, marking the first settlement with a tribal government in the litigation over the U.S. addiction crisis.
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin on Tuesday said the settlement, which will be paid over 6.5 years, would “enable us to increase our investments in mental health treatment facilities and other programs to help our people recover.”
