LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles expects to receive tens of millions of dollars from a $26 billion settlement announced Feb. 25 with Johnson & Johnson and three pharmaceutical distributors over claims they helped fuel the opioid crisis.
The settlement—which involves the pharmaceutical distributors Cardinal, McKesson, and AmerisourceBergen—needs to be approved by the court, but California Attorney General Rob Bonta said it could begin providing funds to California and its cities and counties in the second quarter of 2022.
