Walmart opioid abuse settlement offer overview:
- Who: Walmart confirmed that it made a $3.1 billion offer to resolve thousands of complaints accusing its pharmacy network of exacerbating the nationwide opioid epidemic.
- Why: Walmart made the settlement offer to resolve more than 2,000 lawsuits filed against the company by cities, states, counties and Native American tribes.
- Where: The settlement offer is nationwide.
Walmart officially confirmed that it made a $3.1 billion offer to end thousands of complaints alleging its pharmacy network helped exacerbate the country’s nationwide opioid crisis.
The settlement proposal would put an end to more than 2,000 lawsuits cities, states, counties, and Native American tribes filed against Walmart, Law360 reports.
Walmart reportedly also wants to preemptively avoid any potential lawsuits brought by government entities in the future.
Walmart opioid settlement offer will provide ‘significant aid’ to communities across US
In a statement, Walmart says the settlement amount will provide “significant aid” to communities across the United States dealing with opioid abuse.
Walmart also denies the allegations brought against it, does not admit any wrongdoing with its settlement offer and says it will continue to dispute allegations the proposed settlement fails to resolve, Law360 reports.
In total, the Walmart opioid settlement will reportedly include $2.4 billion for addiction and other related treatment, $325 million in costs and attorney fees and credits from prior opioid settlements.
Last month, Walmart agreed to pay $215 million and provide law enforcement in Florida with hundreds of thousands of overdose treatment kits to resolve claims the company exacerbated an opioid crisis in the state.
Have you been affected by the nationwide opioid epidemic ? Let us know in the comments!
The Walmart opioid abuse MDL is In re: National Prescription Opiate Litigation, Case No. 1:17-md-02804, in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Ohio.
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My younger brother died from opioids prescribed by a doctor. on December 11, 2017 his death caused so many turns of events for my family . My older brother was so depressed and in disparity over my younger brothers death that he stop taking care of himself which resulted in him dying of cardiac arrest . My mother had a heart attack when my brother died and my dad became extremely depressed and withdrawn . It was such a tragic time for our family. Opioids took my brothers life and caused a chain reaction resulting with others dying .
WHAT @ ALL THE FAMILIES WHO LOST A CHILD OR ALL THE CHILDREN BEING RAISED BY GRANDPARENTS I HAD TO ADOPT MY OWN GRANDSON @ MY 18 YR OLD DAUGHTER DIED FROM OPIOIDS WHY ARE THESE FAMILIES WHO LOST A LOVED ONE OR WHO HAVE LOST HOMES JOBS WHAT @ US WHY ARE WE NOT GETTING ANY MONEY AS ITS ALL GOOD THE STATES ARE GETTING MONEY TO HELP STOP OTHER PPL & HELP ADDICTS BUT WHAT @ ALL THE FAMILIES WHO HAD TO BURY A LOVED ONE THEY ARE THE REASON YOU ARE GETTING MONEY TO BEGIN WITH & YOU KNOW THAT THESE STATES WILL DO WHAT THEY WANT WITH THIS MONEY HOW MUCH WILL GO IN THERE POCKETS I BET 10 % WILL GO TO FIGHT ADDICTIONALL THE PPL THAT DIED W/ THIS ON THERE DEATH CERT WAS JUST A NUMBER TO HELP EACH STATE GET MORE MONEY AND NOT A DIME TO THE FAMILIES THAT SUFFERED & STILL ARE & WILL ALWAYS DID YOU FORGET THAT IS WHAT REALLY DROVE THIS AMOUNT UP MONEY WISE & NONE OF THESE FAMILIES WHO LOST OR WHO ARE STILL LOOSING WILL GET A DAM DIME BUT YOU CAN BUILD BRIDGES PAVE ROADS AS EACH STATE CAN CHOOSE HOW THEY WANT TO SPEND THIS MONEY TELL THE TRUTH AS I HAVE ASK MY CONGRESSMEN ALREADY NOT FAIR I WOULD BE OK IF 100% OF THIS MONEY WAS GOING TO HELP FIGHT ADDICTION & SO ON BUT ITS NOT SO I THINK THE FAMILIES SHOULD GET MONEY & ALL THE KIDS WHO HAVE TO GO THERE WHOLE LIVES WITHOUT MOMMYS OR DADDYS THE STATE IS AGAIN PUNCHING US AS PAVE ROADS I LOST A DAUGHTER SHE WAS 18 ON 12/22/2015 HER SON IS NOW 8 I AM 49 THIS IS HELL AND YOU DO NOT HELP ME YOU MADE ME FIGHT 18 MONTHS THEN ADOPT MY OWN GRANDSON TO KEEP HIM MY LIFE SAVINGS ON ATTORNEYS THIS STATE JUST KEEPS KICKING ME WHEN IM DOWN WHAT @ HIM & ALL THE REST OF US I NEED HELP & YOU CAN CHOOSE HOW TO SPEND THIS MONEY I HAVE TO CHOOSE WHAT BILLS NOT TO PAY TO BUY CHRISTMAS FOR MY GRANDSONS WOW ALL THIS MONEY PAID OUT AT SUCH A LOSS TO EVERYONE WHO HAS OR IS OR WILL GO THROUGH THIS W/ A LOVED ONE BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR ASS THEY ARE NOT USEING IT ALL TO HELP FIHGHT THIS THE STATES GET BILLIONS BECAUSE WE HAVE ALL LOST STRUGGLED ETC WOW NOT FAIR THEY SHOULD HAVE TO GIVE EACH PERSON X AMOUNT OF DOLLARS WHAT THE HELL IS WRONG W/ THIS PICTURE [email protected]
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I was prescribed opioids on a monthly basis from the time I was 19 until I was 27, like ridiculous amounts… add me
I’ve been on opioids for years. They first prescribed me 90 Percocets a month and now they didn’t switch me over to 90 morphines 30 mg a month. I am on them now. I have previously went through an addiction with a different drug prior and I beat it only for the hospital to give me something that would make me feel even worse, The withdrawals were worse than anything I had ever experienced in my life. It makes you feel like your bones are breaking. You’re cold. You feel sick. You poop on yourself. You throw up you sweat. You shake. It’s a lot that goes behind this opioid thing and now I feel like it’s too late because if I don’t take it then I’m going to be sick. But I had just beat addiction. This is something that I did not want in my life anymore. Now I don’t know what the hell to do and now that they got me on it, I’ve been taking morphine for a year consecutively now or more but before that it was Percocets. Now I didn’t have an addiction to Percocets but for some reason I do go through withdrawals for morphine. It is horrible. It gives you diarrhea and everything. Anyway, the point of the story is I am so sad that they ended up giving me something that was worse than a habit that I broke before. Now I feel like I’m an addict and I don’t want to be this. This was not my choice. This was not my choice! I would love to be added. I have proof in my records that I was prescribed both medications. Please add me. I’ve been looking for help with this situation. Everybody tell me I don’t qualify but this is not fair. They put me right back in the position that I broke free from and now I don’t know what the hell to do. Excuse my French
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