- Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens will pay out a combined $13.8 billion in settlements related to the opioid epidemic that has claimed the lives of an estimated 650,000 people since 1999.
- The pharmacies were targeted by attorneys in 3,000 different lawsuits from different cities across America.
- Attorneys say the pharmacies were not properly monitoring prescriptions, leading to an explosion of the opioid crisis.