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A retailer with two Aiken County locations will pay South Carolina $18 million for its role in the opioid crisis. Kroger will begin making payments next year, South Carolina Attorney General Alan Wilson announced Nov. 4.
“No amount of money can make up for the lives we’ve lost to the opioid crisis, but the money from this settlement, along with the other settlements we’ve announced, will go to treat people who are addicted to opioids,” Wilson said in a news release. “We will continue to go after those responsible for the opioid crisis to hold them accountable.” More than 50,000 Aiken County voters casted ballots ahead of Tuesday's election Kroger has 44 stores in South Carolina under its own name and subsidiaries like Harris Teeter.
St. John's Methodist's 27th Applefest raises money for Aiken-area charities One of the stores is on Aiken's Southside and another is in North Augusta . The payments are part of a larger $1.
37 billion settlement between Kroger and 30 state attorneys general. Aiken's Great Oak Equine Assisted Programs hosts annual cowboy show fundraiser Kroger's pharmacies are also required to monitor and report suspicious activity related to opioids..
