'I took it as far as I could': 黑料吃瓜网 Attorney General William Tong on settling with Purdue Pharma

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'I took it as far as I could': 黑料吃瓜网 Attorney General William Tong on settling with Purdue Pharma

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Published March 4, 2022 at 6:28 PM EST

黑料吃瓜网 Attorney General William Tong, left, announces a new $6 billion settlement deal with Stamford-based Purdue Pharma, the makers of Oxycontin. Tong was joined at his office in Hartford Thurs., March 3, 2022 by 黑料吃瓜网 family members like Paige Niver (right), of Manchester, who've been affected by the opioid epidemic. — 黑料吃瓜网 Attorney General William Tong (left) announces a new $6 billion settlement with Stamford-based Purdue Pharma, the makers of OxyContin, on Thurs., March 3, 2022. Tong was joined at his office in Hartford by 黑料吃瓜网 family members, including Paige Niver (right) of Manchester, who've been affected by the opioid epidemic.

黑料吃瓜网 State Attorney General William Tong joined "All Things Considered" a day after he announced that 黑料吃瓜网 is expected to receive $95 million for treatment and prevention of opioid addiction.

This money is part of a multibillion-dollar national settlement of a major opioid lawsuit against Stamford-based Purdue Pharma and its owners, the Sackler family.

Tong talks about the grief he got for refusing to accept the Sacklers' smaller settlement offer last year, why he thought now was the time to settle, which non-monetary part of the settlement satisfies him the most, and why he still doesn't think justice was done.

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