• How Pa.’s attorney general candidates plan to approach the opioid epidemic

  • Oct 29 2024
  • Length: 11 mins
  • Podcast

How Pa.’s attorney general candidates plan to approach the opioid epidemic

  • Summary

  • Pennsylvania’s next attorney general will set the tone of the commonwealth’s approach to law enforcement, and one of their biggest tasks will be deciding how to handle the ongoing opioid crisis.

    Under now-Gov. Josh Shapiro, the attorney general’s office represented Pennsylvanians in multistate settlements against drug companies that were accused of driving widespread use of opioids. And the office cooperates with federal and local authorities to go after street dealers, pharmacists, and doctors who unlawfully distribute drugs.

    But within that mandate, the attorney general has a lot of discretion.

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