A settlement in the opioid trial known as MDL 2804 would be the most complex in U.S. history, with a price tag exceeding $100 billion. Where would the money go?
Beyond that, addiction treatment often fails, even when using the most effective medications. The National Institute on Drug Abuse estimates that the relapse rate for drug users in recovery falls somewhere between 40% and 60%.
“If you just get virtually every city and county in the United States and give everyone a check, that’s great,” said Moore, who now represents several counties and cities in MDL 2804 and, separately, the states of Mississippi, Ohio, Louisiana, and Arkansas. “But then, what are they going to do about the opioid epidemic?”Joe Rice
As smaller settlements have been struck in Oklahoma and elsewhere, skirmishes have erupted over which governmental entities should get to decide how the money is used.
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