Walgreens reaches $230m settlement with San Francisco over opioids crisis

Company averts a trial to determine damages as drug-related deaths surged by 41% in the city in the first quarter of this year

San Francisco has reached a $230m settlement with Walgreens over the corporation's role in the city's unprecedented opioid crisis.

The settlement is the largest ever awarded to a local government amid years of continuing, nationwide opioid-centered litigation, according to San Francisco's city attorney.