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FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces a $149.5 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis, in Olympia, Wash., Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)

FILE - Washington Attorney General Bob Ferguson announces a $149.5 million settlement with drugmaker Johnson & Johnson, more than four years after the state sued the company over its role fueling the opioid addiction crisis, in Olympia, Wash., Jan. 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Manuel Valdes, File)

FILE - A sign cautioning against brightly colored fentanyl is displayed on a screen outside the Lummi Nation tribal headquarters, near Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

FILE - A sign cautioning against brightly colored fentanyl is displayed on a screen outside the Lummi Nation tribal headquarters, near Bellingham, Wash., Feb. 8, 2024. (AP Photo/Lindsey Wasson, File)

FILE - Sa Thao signs the 2022 Mobile Recovery National Bus, a nationwide bus tour drawing attention to determine how billions in opioid settlement money should be used, during a stop in Sacramento, Calif. Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Sa Thao signs the 2022 Mobile Recovery National Bus, a nationwide bus tour drawing attention to determine how billions in opioid settlement money should be used, during a stop in Sacramento, Calif. Sept. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Rich Pedroncelli, File)

FILE - Local representatives and recovery advocates gather at the Raleigh County Courthouse in Beckley, W.Va. to select the southern West Virginia representative for the West Virginia First Foundation Board of Directors that will be responsible for distributing the lion's share of the over $1 billion collected by the state in opioid settlement money, on July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)

FILE - Local representatives and recovery advocates gather at the Raleigh County Courthouse in Beckley, W.Va. to select the southern West Virginia representative for the West Virginia First Foundation Board of Directors that will be responsible for distributing the lion's share of the over $1 billion collected by the state in opioid settlement money, on July 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Leah Willingham, File)