Jackson Jambalaya

Legalized extortion. I hope every AG that took part in this is told one day by their doctor that pain meds for their condition are no longer available.

I am very grateful for opioid relief from accidental and surgical pain at key points in my life. I have never had the least desire whatsoever to use it as a recreational drug. An ER doctor said taking Ibupropen for serious pain that requires an excessive or frequent dose to get relief, hurts the kidneys. Oxycodone and Hydrocodone are less damaging to kidneys than heavy frequent use of Ibuprofen. Of course a physician's detailed analysis is required for each pain prescription.
Unfortunately, abusers of opioids have caused many doctors to avoid opioids' undeserved reputation, IMO.

What a joke. The people who should get some money is the parents & spouse who lost a loved one to Oxycontin & Fentanyl not the state.

$6.35M doesn't seem worth fooling with. Is that all going to outside counsel?

The state of Mississippi population will see virtually “none” of this money. Please speak up if you can refute this. Now, I do realize some people in high positions in the great State of Mississippi will be driving much nicer automobiles and eating better on the Great State of Mississippi’s dime.

What will the state do with the money??? PISS IT ALWAY is what they will do!

Less than 1% of the settlement??? Pitiful, even Chockwe had better results …

Zero for the dead guys

Wow, that is about $20.00 for every person in Mississippi. Obviously since she was representing every citizen in the great state of Mississippi, when can we expect to receive that $20.00, minus of course the cost of a postage stamp. If not where will this money go?

Boy, I can’t wait to get my share of this money! Does anyone know that after the state used my money (?) to pay expensive and long winded civilian lawyers to recover this $ when I can expect my share? Also, please release the fees associated with this criminal investigation.

There needs to be an agressive ongoing audit trail of this money as there are some politicians smacking their lips as I type.

With that kind of a money a bunch of fellas could have a pretty good time in both Vegas and Paris.

"Settlement payments are deposited into the Opioid Settlement Fund created by the Legislature in 2024.,,to ensure that settlement funds are allocated and spent in accordance with the terms of the settlement..."
So why wasn't this done when the City of Jackson was handed $89 million in the Seimens settlement?

How much did the outside out of state attorneys receive?

You'll get to see her new wardrobe and office renovations.

Chop your leg off with a lawn mower? take 2 advil - drs lately

A D M I N monies. Help pay for more schmucks in cubicles.

Upgraded decor in AG's office? New luxury ride?

Chill out Shad. It’s gonna be ok little buddy

Shad may be little in stature but his ego is YUGE.

Here’s an idea… put the settlement money into a Trust Fund and use only the interest money….

Didn't expect this to be such a pro-opioid comment thread. Sure in short-term use cases it's a good thing (such as post-op), but you're insane if you think it's a good thing for chronic pain management. @4:40 you have to take a TON of ibubrofen to get serious renal issues for post-op pain mangement - you have a medical that needs more than pain medicine if you get to that point. Also, tylenol exists.

Now we have a legitimate question that should be asked.

legal product has to pay this. we're toast

Big pharma - a subsidiary of the DNC.

$6M to the State of Mississippi. How much did we expend on Medicaid funds to treat opioid abuse? How much did we spend on LEO, public defenders, drug intervention programs, and court processes dealing with opioid abuse? How many children are now under State protection because of opioid abuse? How much money did DHS spend on opioid abuse cases?

$6M isn't even a drop in the bucket. Lynn should not have published this press release. This is embarrassingly low - especially when touting the flag, "The Mississippi Attorney General's Office was the first state in the country to file suit against opioid manufacturers for their part in the epidemic."

Mississippi might have been the first to file suit, but it fumbled the biggest play.

Personal responsibility...what a novel concept

I will never forget Gov Barbour's 2008 state of the union address where he said "Yea.. we aren't going to make whole the tobacco settlement trust fund." Republicans and Democrats both pissed away a billion dollar trust fund that could be giving the state hundreds of millions of dollars in passive revenue each year if it had been managed correctly. I feel rage when I think about this.

Used an opiod for Kidney Stones in the 90s and never felt compelled to abuse them. You know. Because I am an adult with self control.

Thanks to idiot addicts, its damn near impossible to be treated with them on the rare cases I needed them in recent years. Luckily I saved any extras because again, self control.

I hope Fitch gets a kidney stone the size of the over priced designer couch in her office and the doctor hands her an aspirin.

To answer your question you need top look at who was in charge ! Inmates running the asylum so to speak

Post surgery for ruptured quad in knee and guarantee no amount of aspirin could control the pain> Problem is not the drug but the Doctors writing prescriptions for them for people who didn't need them

I know all those that come in here a comment "personal responsibility" have zero defects in their character and have never had a hard day in their life. Myself having substance abuse problems in the past, I wish it was just down to personal responsibility. The reality is, opioids are were MISPRESCRIBED by a few bad apples that are supposed to be part of the system to prevent overprescription and redirection of such medicine. The other reality is that most opioids are Schedule II controlled substances which means they have a "high potential for abuse". So you could have never touched a drug in your life, be prescribed this stuff and be someone predisposed to abusing it, and then IT COULD BE YOU WHO SUFFERED. Yes, if every addict who first took a drug stopped and said "wow, I like how this feels way too much, I should tell someone before I get hooked" the world would be a much better place. Pigs would also be flying.

Doctor friend once told me opioids don't relieve the pain; you just don't care any more. Whatever. They are great drugs when used appropriately. Hate to see them go away, but Big Pharma did this to themselves with their cynical, overly aggressive marketing to the masses. Google the Perdue family.

I got waylaid by a horrible case of very painful food poisoning in Puerto Vallarta 53 years ago. Hotel call pharmacist who arrived with one stainless steel horse syringe of morphine and one of antibiotic, administered separately to each side of my butt. Instant nirvana. All cured, slept two days. Pinnacle of thorough pain relief in Mexico, albeit Mexico's skimpy sanitation caused the need for it.

"Personal responsibility" is not a mythical creature. And its not the government's job to teach adults how to have it.
I fully agree that some doctors over prescribed and big pharma pushed them as safe little candy, but to make it near impossible for those of us who do have self control is wholly unfair and punishing us for not having "high potential for abuse".
How is that fair?

Thanks Lynn for doing a great job .Your record of service to the people of Mississippi is outstanding .

If I sprinkle fairy dust on my 35 year old leftover oxycodones, will they still get me high?

What a win for big pharma lawyers