Hundreds of Native American Tribes Reached Settlement with Johnson & Johnson Drug Companies

A tentative $590 million opioids settlement with Johnson & Johnson drug distributors is being considered as reparations toward Native American tribes. Money from the settlement would go toward addiction and treatment and would be overseen by Native American tribal leaders. Together with a deal struck last fall between the distributors and the Cherokee nation for $75 million the tribes will be paid a total of $665 million. Read more here.

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