A Piece Of The Opium Action
If you're a recovering opioid addict who needs a new liver, kidney, heart, what do you get? More drugs!—If even that. What a racket. Bad things happen when the cops are so eager to be paid off.
Lady Justice continues to get stabbed in the heart. She died some time ago, but they keep on slashing her to give the appearance that there's some life left in the old gal.
And who knows, maybe she—WE--will rise from the dead.
“Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed
To live in a land
Where justice is a game
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink Martinis
And watch the sun rise.”
-Bob Dylan ,
"Hurricane"
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In a deal announced Friday, the Kroger Co. — the parent company of King Soopers and City Market — would pay up to $1.4 billion over 11 years. The amount includes up to $1.2 billion for state and local governments where it operates, $36 million to Native American tribes and about $177 million to cover lawyers’ fees and costs.
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“The number of overdose deaths from opioids is a clarion call for action. By holding accountable those who contributed to this crisis, we are continuing to take action and we are bringing back funds to Colorado to support much-needed prevention, treatment and recovery services,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement. “These funds are now being invested and we will continue to do all we can to address this crisis and save lives.”
[What a load of complete horsehockey. “Accountable” would include many Sentences of Life Without Possibility Of Parole. Corporate executives, Doctors, Pharmacists, and others at the pig trough. Maim and kill hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, and others pay for your crime. If you're a young black kid who blows away one liquor store clerk, you don't have the option of buying your way out with other people's money.]
[Snip]
While most of the biggest players have settled, the opioid litigation is continuing. Cases are being prepared for trial involving the supermarket chains Publix and Albertsons, the latter of which is attempting to merge with Kroger. Pharmacy benefit managers such as Express Scripts and OptumRx also face opioid claims from governments.
Colorado to receive $70 million from Kroger’s $1.4 billion opioid settlement
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https://terrylclark.substack.com/p/a-piece-of-the-opium-action
Lady Justice continues to get stabbed in the heart. She died some time ago, but they keep on slashing her to give the appearance that there's some life left in the old gal.
And who knows, maybe she—WE--will rise from the dead.
“Couldn’t help but make me feel ashamed
To live in a land
Where justice is a game
Now all the criminals in their coats and their ties
Are free to drink Martinis
And watch the sun rise.”
-Bob Dylan ,
"Hurricane"
______________________________________
In a deal announced Friday, the Kroger Co. — the parent company of King Soopers and City Market — would pay up to $1.4 billion over 11 years. The amount includes up to $1.2 billion for state and local governments where it operates, $36 million to Native American tribes and about $177 million to cover lawyers’ fees and costs.
[Snip]
“The number of overdose deaths from opioids is a clarion call for action. By holding accountable those who contributed to this crisis, we are continuing to take action and we are bringing back funds to Colorado to support much-needed prevention, treatment and recovery services,” Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement. “These funds are now being invested and we will continue to do all we can to address this crisis and save lives.”
[What a load of complete horsehockey. “Accountable” would include many Sentences of Life Without Possibility Of Parole. Corporate executives, Doctors, Pharmacists, and others at the pig trough. Maim and kill hundreds of thousands, perhaps millions, and others pay for your crime. If you're a young black kid who blows away one liquor store clerk, you don't have the option of buying your way out with other people's money.]
[Snip]
While most of the biggest players have settled, the opioid litigation is continuing. Cases are being prepared for trial involving the supermarket chains Publix and Albertsons, the latter of which is attempting to merge with Kroger. Pharmacy benefit managers such as Express Scripts and OptumRx also face opioid claims from governments.
Colorado to receive $70 million from Kroger’s $1.4 billion opioid settlement
Substack Permalink:
https://terrylclark.substack.com/p/a-piece-of-the-opium-action
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