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French Ad Firm Agrees to $350 Million Settlement Over Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis

Nearly 645,000 people died from opioid overdoses in the United States between 1999 and 2021.
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French Ad Firm Agrees to $350 Million Settlement Over Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis
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Katabella Roberts
By Katabella Roberts
2/2/2024Updated: 2/2/2024
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Publicis Health, a unit of French media conglomerate Publicis Groupe S.A, and one of the largest healthcare advertising companies in the world, will pay $350 million to settle allegations that it played a major role in the opioid crisis across the United States, including in New York, Attorney General Letitia James announced on Feb. 1.

The multi-million dollar settlement is the first of its kind involving an advertising agency.

Katabella Roberts
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Katabella Roberts is a news writer for The Epoch Times, focusing primarily on the United States, world, and business news.
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