USA har i en årrække været ramt af »et rystende tab af menneskeliv« som følge af overdoser. Fire selskaber i medicinalbranchen har indvilget i at betale store milliardbeløb til myndighederne, men problemet er ikke løst af den grund.

I 2020 døde 11 amerikanere i timen af overdoser: Selskaber skal betale milliarder efter opioidskandale

PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 19: Rich shoots-up a mix of heroin and fentanyl on a street in Kensington on July 19, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, over 93, 000 people died from a drug overdose last year in America. These numbers and the continued rise in opioid use made 2020 the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses. Officials have said that the increase is being driven by the lethal prevalence of fentanyl and stressed Americans due to the Covid pandemic. Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, has become one of the largest open-air heroin markets in the United States. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Foto: Spencer Platt/Ritzau Scanpix
PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA - JULY 19: Rich shoots-up a mix of heroin and fentanyl on a street in Kensington on July 19, 2021 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. According to data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics, over 93, 000 people died from a drug overdose last year in America. These numbers and the continued rise in opioid use made 2020 the deadliest year on record for drug overdoses. Officials have said that the increase is being driven by the lethal prevalence of fentanyl and stressed Americans due to the Covid pandemic. Kensington, a neighborhood in Philadelphia, has become one of the largest open-air heroin markets in the United States. Spencer Platt/Getty Images/AFP == FOR NEWSPAPERS, INTERNET, TELCOS & TELEVISION USE ONLY == Foto: Spencer Platt/Ritzau Scanpix
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Fire amerikanske selskaber i medicinalbranchen skal betale amerikanske delstater sammenlagt 26 milliarder dollars (164 milliarder kroner) for deres rolle i en omfattende og dødelig krise med opioider i USA.

Det er resultatet af et forlig, der har været over to år undervejs, skriver avisen The Wall Street Journal.

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