Idaho Announces $119 Million Opioid Crisis Settlement

Idaho Announces $119 Million Opioid Crisis Settlement
Idaho Attorney General Lawrence Wasden during an interview in Boise, Idaho, on March 1, 2017. Darin Oswald/Idaho Statesman via AP
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BOISE—Idaho officials on Friday announced a $119 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson and three major distributors over their role in the opioid addiction crisis.

Republican Gov. Brad Little and Republican Attorney General Lawrence Wasden said it’s the second-largest consumer settlement in state history, trailing only the 1998 national tobacco settlement of $712 million.