John Brennan Better Lawyer Up After These Revelations
A New Whites-Only Settlement Is Making National Headlines — Here’s Why
Ghislaine Maxwell 'Didn't Hold Back' in Meeting With Justice Department About Epstein's Cl...
Supreme Court to Take Up Ban on Gun Ownership for Marijuana Users
After 'Horrifying' Findings, HHS Orders Reform to Organ Transplant System
Karen Meltdown at Home Depot: Harasses Federal Agents During Illegal Alien Arrest
Alligator Alcatraz Detainees Complain While Refusing to Leave
Trump Unleashes $608M for States to Build ‘Alligator Alcatraz’-Style Illegal Imigrant Camp...
Roy Cooper’s Silence on Anti-Israel Extremists Exposes His Radical Left Ties
Trump Admin Greenlights $1.26 Billion Fort Bliss Detention Hub to Tackle Illegal Immigrati...
243 Illegal Aliens Arrested Including Murderers, Sex Offenders, and Cartel Members
Mamdani's 'Free' Bus Rides Would Cost Taxpayers Big Time
DeSantis: Deportation Flights From Alligator Alcatraz Have Started
Maine Rep. Deqa Dhalac Says Her Goal Is to Help 'Our Country of...
Hakeem Jeffries Scrambles for Digital Help After Photoshop Fail Goes Viral
Tipsheet

Major Drugstore Chain to Pay San Francisco Hundreds of Millions in Opioid Lawsuit Settlement

AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster

Walgreens will pay the city of San Francisco, California almost $230 million to settle a case over the company’s role in the distribution of opioids in the city.

Advertisement

The settlement came nine months after U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer said that the drugstore chain could be held liable for having “substantially contributed” to the city’s opioid epidemic that has caused “widespread harm,” according to a report from Reuters

Reportedly, Breyer found that Walgreens’ San Francisco locations received more than 1.2 million opioid prescriptions with “red flags” from 2006 to 2020 and conducted “due diligence” on less than 5 percent before dispensing the prescriptions. 

In a statement, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu explained that San Francisco has been ravaged by the opioid epidemic.

“Opioids have wreaked havoc across our nation leading to immense suffering and untold damage,” Chiu said in a statement. “Cities like San Francisco have shouldered much of the burden of the opioid epidemic. Thousands of attorneys, public health officials, and advocates have spent nearly two decades trying to hold the opioid industry accountable for creating this public health crisis.”

Advertisement

Last May, Reuters reported, Walgreens reached a $683 million opioid settlement with Florida. 

Late last year, Townhall reported how a 10-month-old baby was exposed to fentanyl at a San Francisco playground and nearly died. The baby’s father, Ivan Matkovic, said his infant son Senna and his twin brother Antun were playing at Moscone Park on Tuesday when their nanny noticed Senna was beginning to lose consciousness, according to NBC Bay Area.

“So, I shake him and I’m like ‘something’s wrong.' I saw his face and he was, like, dizzy. I thought he was not breathing," Wendy Marroqui, the family’s nanny, said. Marroqui began applying CPR and called 911.

Matkovic came to the park from work and saw paramedics helping his son breathe. He then saw a paramedic administer Narcan, which reverses the effects of a drug overdose long enough to transport someone to the hospital for medical care.  Reportedly, Matkovic said that exposure to drugs wasn’t on his mind and that he was grateful the first responders recognized the signs.

Join the conversation as a VIP Member

Recommended

Trending on Townhall Videos

Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement