Baltimore city leaders still have not decided whether they will accept a reduced settlement in the case against two major drug companies, despite an August 8th, 2025, deadline given by a Baltimore City judge.

It comes after a jury ruled against the two major drug companies, McKesson and AmerisourceBergen, blaming them in large part for the opioid crisis in our city.

According to our media partners at the Baltimore Banner, federal drug dispensing data shows the two companies supplied about 60% of the half a billion opioids that flooded Baltimore and Baltimore County between 2006 and 2019.

A jury ruled that the two companies contributed to the opioid crisis, punishable by a $266 million settlement.

A judge later ruled the jury put too much blame on the companies, and reduced that set

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