New Mexico joins opioids settlement with Purdue
(WorldNews Mexico)

SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - New Mexico state prosecutors have reversed course to join in a tentative financial settlement over the role that OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma played in the nation`s opioid addiction crisis. Attorney general`s office spokesman Matt Baca said Wednesday in an email that participating in Purdue`s bankruptcy proceedings through the settlement `is ultimately the best way to get dollars to our state and the communities that are in desperate...