Washington State Reaches a $149.5 Million Settlement With Johnson & Johnson Over Its Role in Fueling Opioid Crisis
The Washington state attorney general announced a $149.5 million settlement Wednesday with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role in the opioid addiction crisis.
“They knew what the harm was. They did it anyway,” Attorney General Bob Ferguson told reporters Wednesday.
The attorney general’s announcement came as opioid overdose deaths more than doubled from 2019 to 2022, with 2,048 deaths recorded in 2022, according to the most recent numbers from the Washington State Department of Health.
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