2022 saw new records for opioid deaths with street fentanyl overwhelming communities.

The year also saw drug companies pay out more than 50 billion dollars in settlement money

toward recovery programs.

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The Justice Department is suing a Mary source bergen over opioids.

In their civil lawsuit, federal prosecutors accuse the drug wholesale distributors of

failing to notify the government about suspicious opioid orders.

It's just the latest chapter in a pivotal year for the opioid crisis.

More people died than ever before from drug overdoses, as street fentanyl flooded communities.

But there have also been major reforms in addiction treatment.

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