The OxyContin settlement explained: Where the Sackler family’s $7 billion will go

Most of the money is to go to government entities to fight the opioid crisis and thousands of victims will be paid. Members of the Sackler family who own OxyContin maker Purdue Pharma must pay billions of dollars to settle a flood of lawsuits over the harms of opioids, under a new deal that was formally approved by a federal bankruptcy judge on Tuesday.