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Georgia Joins $7.4B Big Pharma Settlement for Opioid Crisis

by Ty Tagami | Capitol BeatJune 17, 2025June 17, 2025

Georgia will join other states and U.S. territories in a settlement that extracts $7.4 billion from Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family, as recompense for their role in the opioid crisis that ravaged the country for a generation. “For years, the Sackler family profited off other people’s pain – destroying lives and families […]

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Rural Georgia lacks access to essential opioid addiction treatment

by Rebecca Grapevine | Capitol Beat News ServiceAugust 24, 2022September 24, 2023
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Rome drug traffickers sentenced for distributing opioids that killed victims

by Crime ReportsOctober 20, 2021October 20, 2021
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Where did Georgia rank in overdose deaths in 2020?

by Hristina Byrnes | 24/7 Wall St. via The Center SquareJuly 23, 2021July 23, 2021
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Georgia sees jump in opioid deaths

by Andy Miller | GHNJuly 9, 2021September 24, 2023

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