There might be justice for all those have died by the cause of opioids. Over the past few years all the United States there has been an opioid crisis. Opioids are also known as pharmaceuticals, and are only prescribed by doctors. They are known to be very addictive painkiller as to how strong they are. They are often prescribed to people who suffer from chronic pain or people have injuries. Many people who consume opioids are mostly known to get easily addicted and request to keep taking them. There have been 400,000 deaths caused by overdoses on opioids, both legal and illegal opioids since the year 1999. Recently, four of the top drug distributors, McKesson Corp, Cardinal Health Inc, Teva, and AmerisourceBergen Corp, went to trial due to the opioid epidemic that is now nationwide. It is said that this deal can cost them to close 2,500 lawsuits. This will be a multibillion deal to close off all the 2,500 lawsuits. The municipalities have agreed on a settlement by the state attorney. They will be receiving $22 million and $26 million will go to addiction treatment drugs as a donation to help others who are also fighting against the addiction of opioids, they said that they don’t want families to suffer the loss of  a family member due to opioid overdose. 

The past Monday lawyers were on the phone until one am trying to reach the settlement. Judge Polster got the call around midnight and that the trial might not even end up happening after all. The lawyers are now planning to also bringing in the cases from hundreds of states, countries, and even Native American tribes. They all plan to reach a settlement so that they can use the funds to help set people on the right path. Besides that all the lawsuits believe that these companies have been pushing out opioids without warning that they are highly addictive. They also mentioned that since there is a lot of lawsuits that some companies might even have to go bankrupt due to how much they might have to pay. The trail is still being detained they are not sure yet if it will continue or not.