Supreme Court justices are set to hear a challenge by 's administration against a controversial $6 billion bankruptcy deal for opioid producer Purdue Pharma.The OxyContin maker's nationwide insolvency settlement would shield its wealthy owners, the Sackler family, from civil lawsuits over their role in the narcotics epidemic, which has seen at least 80,000 people fatally overdose in recent years. Described as 'a watershed moment in the opioid crisis' by victims' lawyers, the deal involves Purdue Pharma donating up to $6 billion for drug treatment and prevention causes, while $750 million would be shared between individual victims.
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