On Thursday, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a settlement with The Kroger Company that will bring $110 million to the state in support of efforts to combat the opioid crisis.
In February 2024, Attorney General Coleman directed that a lawsuit against Kroger be filed in Bullitt County Circuit Court alleging the company was responsible for pumping what equated to 444 million doses of opioids into Kentucky over 13 years with no internal monitoring system to report suspected abuse.
From 2006 to 2019, Kroger and its pharmacies in the state were responsible for over 11% of all opioid pills dispensed in Kentucky, per the release.
According to the arrangement created in Kentucky law by the General Assembly, half of the settlement funds will be distributed among the cities and counties according to a pre-determined formula.
The other half will be entrusted to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Advisory Commission.
Source: WBKO
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