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settlement deal proffered last year by the family in return for immunity from current and future civil lawsuits accusing them of contributing to the opioid epidemic. The US saw nearly half a million deaths from overdoses between 1999 and 2019, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
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