Hello, everyone, and how are you today? We are doing just fine, thank you, courtesy of a delightful breeze and shiny sun hovering over the peaceful Pharmalot campus this morning. Our shortest person has left for the local schoolhouse, another short one has left for remunerative activities, and our official mascot has settled down after barking at passersby. This leaves us all alone to forage for interesting items and speak with interesting people. Meanwhile, here is the usual menu of tidbits. Hope your day goes well and do keep us in mind when something interesting pops …
A $270 million settlement between the state of Oklahoma and Purdue Pharma, which was praised last week as an innovative way to help combat opioid addiction, is facing bipartisan criticism from state lawmakers who say the attorney general overstepped his authority, the Associated Press writes. Lawmakers say money from the first-of-its-kind settlement should have gone to the state treasury, where legislators would have determined how it was spent. They also grumbled that Attorney General Mike Hunter kept them in the dark about settlement talks.
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