West Virginia Announces $83 Million Opioid Settlement With Walgreens

West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey presents opening arguments on the first day of the trial against opioid drug manufacturers in Charleston, W.Va., on April 4, 2022. Kenny Kemp/Charleston Gazette-Mail via AP

CHARLESTON, W.Va.—West Virginia has settled for $83 million with Walgreens for the pharmacy store chain’s role in perpetuating the opioid crisis in the U.S. state with the most per capita overdose deaths, Attorney General Patrick Morrisey announced Wednesday.

That brings the total West Virginia dollars brought in from opioid litigation to more than $950 million, according to the Attorney General’s office. The state now has one remaining opioid case to close out. A trial with Kroger is set for June.