Walmart settles US government's opioid lawsuit, Justice Department says
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FILE PHOTO: A Walmart logo appears in this illustration taken August 18, 2025. REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo
Aug 28 (Reuters) - Walmart has settled a U.S. government lawsuit accusing the retailer of fueling a nationwide opioid epidemic by unlawfully dispensing prescriptions from its pharmacies, the Department of Justice said on Friday.
Terms were not immediately available.
“The Department is pleased to have reached a settlement with Walmart resolving allegations that its pharmacies failed to comply with their obligations under the Controlled Substances Act in dispensing opioids and other controlled substances," a Justice Department spokesperson said.
(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel in New York and Andrew Goudsward in Washington, D.C.; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama)
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