Connecticut has acquired an preliminary installment of $11 million from a $26 billion multistate settlement with Johnson & Johnson and drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health, and McKesson. The 4 drug firms were being sued for their roles in the opioid disaster. More than the future 18 many years, Connecticut will obtain $300 million as aspect of the settlement achieved in February. Connecticut Legal professional Standard William Tong announced the initial payment in Waterbury on Monday. He was joined by state officials and also moms and dads who misplaced small children to the opioid disaster.