Walgreens will pay $230 million to the city of San Francisco for its role in the opioid crisis. The first payment of $57 million is scheduled for June 2024, San Francisco Attorney General David Chiu confirmed.
The rest will be paid over eight years, funds that will go directly to the fight against an epidemic that does not seem to have reached its peak. In the first three months of the year alone, overdose deaths have increased 41% in San Francisco, with no clear explanation for the escalation.