"This settlement will directly support state and local efforts to make meaningful progress in addressing the opioid crisis in the United States."
New York will specifically receive up to $1.25 billion to fund prevention, treatment and recovery programs."The numerous companies that manufactured and distributed opioids across the nation did so without regard to life or even the national crisis they were helping to fuel," said James, the New York attorney general.A total of fourteen states — New York, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and Texas — were involved in reaching the proposed settlement agreement, according to the release.Pennsylvania Attorney General Josh Shapiro said during a press conference, "We collectively took on some of the most powerful companies in the world to fight for you," speaking to the families who have lost loved ones to the opioid crisis.Cases against Mallinckrodt and Rochester Drug Cooperative will move forward separately through US bankruptcy court.The trial against the three remaining defendants — Endo Health Solutions, Teva Pharmaceuticals USA and Allergan Finance — is currently underway and will continue in state court.