Drugmakers, distributors face deluge of opioid lawsuits in the US
Society is grappling with the economic impact of a prescription drug epidemic that has led to nearly 180,000 overdose deaths from 2000 to 2015
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THE companies that manufacture and distribute highly addictive painkillers are facing a barrage of lawsuits for the toll their products have taken on communities across the country as the worst drug epidemic in US history continues to escalate.
Within the past year, at least 25 states, cities and counties have filed civil cases against manufacturers, distributors and large pharmaceutical chains that make up the US$13 billion-a-year opioid industry. In the past few weeks alone, the attorneys-general for Ohio and Missouri, along with the district attorneys for three counties in Tennessee, filed suits against the industry - and the attorney-general for Oklahoma filed suit on Friday.
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