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AG Healey to make 'major announcement' on sale, marketing of opioids

FILE - This Aug. 15, 2017, file photo shows an arrangement of pills of the opioid oxycodone-acetaminophen, also known as Percocet, in New York. Health data firm IQVIA's Institute for Human Data Science released a report Thursday, April 19, 2018, showing an 8.9 percent average drop nationwide in the number of prescriptions for opioids filled in 2017 by retail and mail-order pharmacies, which fill the bulk of prescriptions. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

BOSTON — Attorney General Maura Healey will be holding a news conference Tuesday regarding opioids.

Healey is expected to make a "major announcement" related to her office's investigation into the sale and marketing of branded opioids.

Healey will be joined by Governor Charlie Baker and several other officials.

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