Albertsons, Safeway Owe Wash. $900M Over Opioid Diversion

By Ben Adlin · November 5, 2026, 1:17 PM EST

Albertsons and its Safeway subsidiary must pay $900 million for helping fuel Washington state's overdose crisis by failing for years to prevent the diversion of opioid drugs, a Seattle judge ruled...

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