Effort To Hold Someone Accountable For Devastating Opioid Crisis Is Ever Narrowing In On Drug Companies

Previously undisclosed data--obtained by The Washington Post and HD Media, publisher of the Charleston Gazette-Mail in West Virginia--on the distribution of painkillers during the epidemic cements drug companies as the target for blame. The numbers reveal “clear heinous, criminal distribution that has visibly contributed, if not caused, the crisis our country is facing with opioid use disorder,” the anti-drug group Shatterproof said in a statement. The drug companies are facing thousands of lawsuits over the issue. News on the epidemic comes out of: New York, Tennessee, Arizona and Kansas, as well.

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