Kentucky's Attorney General is set to make a "major announcement" in the ongoing fight against the drug crisis in the Bluegrass State.

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Kroger agrees to pay $110M to Kentucky in opioid settlement

Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said Thursday.

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Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit

Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic

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Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle opioid lawsuit

The lawsuit alleged the supermarket's pharmacies flooded the state's communities with hundreds of millions of doses of addictive painkillers.

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Kroger to pay $110 million to resolve Kentucky lawsuit over opioid epidemic

The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Kentucky $110 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging it pumped millions of doses of opioids into the state over the course of more than a decade. Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman (R) announced the settlement Thursday, saying the money was payment for Kroger’s “role in…

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Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman announced a $110 million opioid settlement with Kroger on Thursday.
“For over a decade, Kroger tragically fed the flames of the drug addiction fire that rages across every county of our Commonwealth,” Coleman said at the Life Learning Center (LLC) in Covington, Kentucky.
“But this devastation isn’t the end of the story: Kentucky is resilient, and we get back up, no matter how many times we are knocked do…

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Kroger Agrees to $110 Million Opioid Settlement With Kentucky

Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney general said Thursday.The state will use the money it is getting in its settlement with The Kroger Co. to combat an addiction that has ravaged communities and given the state some of the nation’s highest overdose death rates.“This massive grocery chain that asked for our trust and …

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Attorney General Russell Coleman, R-Ky., sued the grocer, claiming its pharmacies fueled Kentucky's opioid crisis.

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Kentucky AG finalizes $110M opioid settlement with Kroger

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Kentucky to get $110M in historic opioid settlement with Kroger

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The state will use the settlement money to combat an addiction that has ravaged communities.

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Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit—‘This massive grocery chain…allowed the fire of addiction to spread’

Kentucky reaches $110 million deal with Kroger to settle its opioid lawsuit

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