Tennessee to receive $900M as part of opioid settlement with Purdue Pharma, Sackler Family

The state of Tennessee will receive more than $900 million in opioid abatement funds as part of settlement with Purdue Pharma and the Sackler Family with a bipartisan coalition of 15 states. Tennessee Attorney General Jonathan Skrmetti  said the $7.4 billion settlement – including $6.5 million from the Sackler family – will be paid out over a 15-year period. The settlement also reflects the end of the Sackler family’s control of Purdue and bars them from selling opioids in the U.S. Other states involved in the settlement include California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Vermont, Virginia, and West Virginia.