Walgreens pays $300m settlement over opioid prescription allegations
More than 727,000 people died from opioids between 1999 and 2022, according to the CDC.
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More than 727,000 people died from opioids between 1999 and 2022, according to the CDC.
It’s the second settlement for the retail pharmacy chain in the last two months.
The retail pharmacy giant has paid up for billing government health programs for prescriptions that never existed.
It’s the latest multistate agreement struck to settle allegations that a company helped fuel the opioid epidemic.
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