Kentucky's attorney general says the state will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation's largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic.

The Kroger Co. has agreed to pay Kentucky $110 million to settle a lawsuit filed last year alleging it pumped millions of doses of opioids into the state over the course of more than a decade.

The lawsuit, filed last year, accused Kroger pharmacies of dispensing 11 percent of all opioid pills statewide over 13 years, totaling 444 million doses.

Kroger has agreed to pay $110 million to resolve a lawsuit by the state of Kentucky alleging the supermarket chain's pharmacies helped fuel a deadly opioid epidemic by flooding its communities with hundreds of millions of doses of addictive painkillers.

Kroger will pay Kentucky $110 million in settlement funds that will ultimately go to combat the opioid crisis Kentucky Attorney General Russell Coleman says the business helped fuel.

Kentucky's Attorney General is set to make a "major announcement" in the ongoing fight against the drug crisis in the Bluegrass State.

By Andy Furman NKyTribune reporter It was a win – for Kentucky. And a big one. The Attorney General of the Commonwealth, R-Ky., Russell Coleman called it an “Historic Opioid Settlement Announcement.” Speaking at a media announcement,

Half of the funds will go to the local governments, with the other half going to the Kentucky Opioid Abatement Commission.

Expanded federal support has allowed opioid treatment programs (OTPs) to better reach those in need. In my role as Regional Medical Director for Kentucky at Behavioral Health Group (BHG), I’ve ...

Kentucky is set to receive $110 million from a settlement with Kroger that will go to addressing the opioid crisis, Attorney General Russell Coleman announced Thursday. This comes nearly a year after Coleman sued Kroger,

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky will receive $110 million to settle its lawsuit accusing one of the nation’s largest grocery chains of helping fuel the opioid epidemic, the state's attorney ...

Coleman's office said the event at the Life Learning Center will reveal one of the largest opioid settlements in recent Kentucky history.