CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens Played Role in Opioid Crisis

THURSDAY, Nov. 24, 2021 (HealthDay News) -- CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens contributed to opioid overdoses and deaths successful 2 Ohio counties, a national assemblage successful Cleveland recovered Tuesday.

The archetypal assemblage verdict successful an opioids lawsuit came successful the intimately watched trial lawsuit and whitethorn beryllium encouraging to plaintiffs successful thousands of lawsuits crossed the United States utilizing the aforesaid ineligible strategy -- that the companies contributed to a "public nuisance," The New York Times reported.

That statement was rejected this period by judges successful California and Oklahoma successful cases against opioid manufacturers.

The Ohio lawsuit is the archetypal clip the retail broadside of the cause manufacture has been held accountable successful the U.S. opioid crisis, the Times reported. CVS Health, Walmart and Walgreens are 3 of the nation's largest pharmacy chains.

Following the verdict, the proceedings justice volition determine however overmuch each of the pharmacy chains volition person to wage Lake and Trumbull counties successful northeastern Ohio, the Times reported.

The counties' lawyers said the 3 companies turned a unsighted oculus to suspicious opioid orders for years. Eventual oversight requirements were "too little, excessively late," said Mark Lanier, the counties' pb proceedings lawyer, the Times reported.

Overdose deaths from amerciable opioids person reached grounds levels during the COVID-19 pandemic, caller U.S. authorities information show, the Times reported.

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SOURCE: The New York Times