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Article: ATTORNEY GENERAL MCDONNELL AWARDS OXYCONTIN CIVIL SETTLEMENT FUNDS

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February 13, 2009
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ABINGDON, Va., Jan. 30 -- The Virginia Attorney General issued the following news release:

Attorney General Bob McDonnell traveled to Abingdon this afternoon to award more than $650,000 in OxyContin civil settlement grants to three agencies for use in Southwest Virginia. The Attorney General held a press conference at the Virginia Highlands Airport at which he was joined by Sen. Phillip Puckett (D-Russell), Sen. William Wampler (R-Bristol), and Del. Terry Kilgore (R-Gate City).

The grant funds are the result of the civil settlement by 26 states and the District of Columbia with Purdue Pharma L.P regarding the promotion and marketing of the opioid pain medication OxyContin. The Virginia ...

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