The 2025 General Session continued the Legislature’s work in thoughtfully utilizing the Opioid Settlement payments to help Utah’s citizens impacted by the opioid epidemic, including the growth of fentanyl use. As a reminder, in 2021, nationwide settlements were reached to resolve all opioid litigation brought by states and political subdivisions against the three largest pharmaceutical distributors, McKesson, Cardinal Health, and AmerisourceBergen, and also against manufacturer Janssen Ph...
