Attorney General Peter Neronha says Rhode Island is receiving nearly 30 million dollars as part of a nationwide opioid settlement.
All 55 U.S. states and territories will receive a share of the seven-point-four-billion-dollar settlement with Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family for their role in the opioid epidemic.
Neronha says the role of Purdue and the Sackler Family in the opioid epidemic cannot be understated.
He says together they are responsible for hundreds of thousands of lives lost or damaged, families broken, and communities in pain.
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