Editing Cardinal Health (section)

==== Opioid lawsuits ====
In 2019, Cardinal was one of several drug distributors named in lawsuits related to the [[Opioid epidemic in the United States|opioid crisis in the US]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Hakim|first1=Danny|last2=Rashbaum|first2=William K.|last3=Rabin|first3=Roni Caryn|date=2019-04-22|title=The Giants at the Heart of the Opioid Crisis|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/health/opioids-lawsuits-distributors.html|access-date=2021-08-20|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In July 2021, Cardinal Health and other pharmaceutical companies agreed to participate in a $26 billion settlement.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|last=Williams|first=Mark|title=Cardinal Health to take $140 million charge tied to opioid settlement|url=https://www.dispatch.com/story/business/2021/07/22/cardinal-health-pay-6-4-billion-part-opioid-settlement/8053626002/|access-date=2021-08-20|website=The Columbus Dispatch|language=en-US}}</ref> Cardinal will pay $6.4 billion over 18 years.<ref name=":4" />

In May 2020, Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter sued Cardinal Health in Bryan County District Court, Oklahoma. The lawsuit alleged that he company's actions helped fuel Oklahoma's opioid crisis. The suit was filed along with lawsuits against [[AmerisourceBergen]] and [[McKesson Corporation|McKesson]], and the three lawsuits allege that the three companies provided "enough opioids to Bryan County that every adult resident there could have had 144 hydrocodone tablets."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Carey|first=Liz|date=2020-05-05|title=Oklahoma Attorney General refiles opioid lawsuit against three distributors|url=https://healthcrisisalert.com/news/20641-oklahoma-attorney-general-refiles-opioid-lawsuit-against-three-distributors/|access-date=2020-05-05|website=Health Crisis Alert|language=en-US}}</ref>