Walgreens Reaches $230 Million Opioid Settlement With San Francisco

Walgreens Reaches $230 Million Opioid Settlement With San Francisco
People walk by a Walgreens, owned by the Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc., in Manhattan, New York., on Nov. 26, 2021. Andrew Kelly/Reuters
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San Francisco said on Wednesday it reached a $230 million settlement with Walgreens Boots Alliance Inc. over its role in the city’s opioid epidemic.

The settlement came nine months after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said the drugstore chain could be held liable for having “substantially contributed” to an opioid epidemic that caused “widespread harm” in the city and constituted a public nuisance.