Treasurer Magaziner Joins Investor Coalition Demanding Opioid Distributors and Manufacturers Examine Their Role in Overdose Crisis

October 30, 2017: Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner has joined a coalition of 30 treasurers, asset managers, faith-based investors, public and labor funds with a combined $1.3 trillion in assets under management in engaging with companies on board oversight of business risks related to opioids at ten opioid distributor and manufacturer companies.

The devastating increase of opioid-related deaths in Rhode Island requires that state, federal, non-profit and the private sector all work together to curb opioid misuse and abuse. The pharmaceutical industry must do more to end this epidemic - not profit from it,” said Rhode Island Treasurer Seth Magaziner.

You can read the entire press release here.