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Sackler family and Purdue agree to pay Utah $57 million for opioid damages

The family that brought OxyCotin to market has agreed to a $7.4 billion nationwide settlement, and Utah is poised to get a cut.

Purdue Pharma and previous owners, members of the Sackler family, have agreed. to a $7.4 billion settlement with multiple states, including Utah. Multiple lawsuits over the years have claimed the Sacklers new their drug, OxyContin, was highly addictive but downplayed it to consumers. (AP Photo/Toby Talbot, File)