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Eric Stimac鈥檚 path to addiction began with a work injury. Several years ago, he said, he was working a side job on a day off. 鈥淚t was some stage flooring,鈥 he said. 鈥淲e were unloading off the back of a box truck, and it fell off of the lift gate and then landed on my foot and crushed my foot.鈥 Stimac couldn鈥檛 walk for months. He was prescribed Oxycontin, then Percocet and eventually became addicted to the pills.
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Two drug companies have reached agreements in principle with Cuyahoga and Summit counties to settle the local governments鈥 federal lawsuits over the opioid crisis.