A $50 Billion Opioid Deal Gets Backing From 7 More States (3)

Opioid makers and distributors who proposed paying almost $50 billion to resolve U.S. lawsuits over the addictive drugs are drawing more support from states, including California and New York, as pressure mounts for a deal before a trial starts next month, people with knowledge of the talks said.

But nearly two dozen states and most of the cities and counties suing to hold the industry responsible for the havoc and high costs of the opioid epidemic say the terms still aren’t good enough.

A Feb. 22 vote by the members of the National Association of Attorneys General found that 35 ...