(Reuters) — West Virginia’s cities and counties reached a $400 million opioid settlement with drug distributors McKesson Corp., AmerisourceBergen Corp. and Cardinal Health Inc., West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said Monday.
The settlement resolves allegations by more than 100 cities and counties that the three drug distributors fueled an opioid crisis by oversupplying West Virginia with pain medications and builds on the companies' previous settlements with the state attorney general's office.
“This settlement, along with other settlements from other cases, will provide significant help to those affected the most by the opioid crisis in West Virginia,” Mr. Morrisey said in a statement.
