In a landmark opioid settlement, Salt Lake County and 26 others are making Big Pharma pay for the opioid crisis in Utah.
This is a major crackdown on drug abuse and a major settlement against drug companies to fight the opioid crisis in Utah. 27 Utah counties will receive a total of $266 million dollars in the settlement, with opioid distributors and drugmakers paying over the next 18 years.
“We were seeing on a daily basis the devastation and loss of life it was causing,” said Salt Lake County District Attorney Sim Gill.
