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Walmart settles US government’s opioid lawsuit, Justice Department says
The company and Justice Department did not disclose terms, and the case followed a 2022 $3.1 billion settlement with state and local governments.
- On Friday, the Justice Department announced that Walmart reached an agreement to resolve federal claims that its pharmacy operations contributed to the opioid epidemic through improper prescription dispensing.
- The Justice Department originally sued Arkansas-based Walmart in 2020, alleging it repeatedly violated the federal Controlled Substances Act by unlawfully dispensing opioids since 2013.
- In March 2024, U.S. District Judge Colm Connolly narrowed the case, dismissing allegations that pharmacists failed to document "red flags" on prescriptions while allowing other claims to proceed.
- Walmart previously paid $3.1 billion in 2022 to settle thousands of lawsuits filed by state and local governments regarding its pharmacies' role in the opioid crisis.
- According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, opioid overdoses claimed more than 905,000 lives in the United States from 1999 through 2025, though the yearly death toll has been falling since 2022.
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The terms of the agreement were not immediately disclosed.
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