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After months of debate, the Connecticut Opioid Settlement Advisory Committee recommended allocating $500,000 of the $72.7 million currently available.
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It could amount to the last round of huge settlements after years of litigation over the industry's role in an overdose crisis linked to more than 500,000 deaths in the U.S. over the past two decades.
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Suffolk County Executive Steven Bellone announced the first round of grant funding available after suing opioid manufacturers and distributors.
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Connecticut Attorney General William Tong was in Waterbury to announce that the first $11 million had been paid. Most of the money would go to opioid treatment and prevention programs in the state's 169 cities and towns.
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A judge has ordered another delay in lawsuits against OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma and the company’s owners, the Sackler family.
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Malatras’ actions toward Cuomo accuser Lindsey Boylan, led to calls for him to step down.
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Suffolk County has settled lawsuits against six pharmaceutical companies. Things are looking gross in the Great South Bay, alcohol sales in Connecticut…