C-V-S, WALGREENS, AND WALMART ARE HANDING OVER MORE THAN 13 BILLION DOLLARS TO SETTLE LAWSUITS AGAINST THE COMPANIES ALLEGING A ROLE IN THE COUNTRY’S OPIOID CRISIS.
STATE AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ACCUSE THEIR PHARMACIES OF MISHANDLING PRESCRIPTIONS AND PAINKILLERS.
IT’S NOT JUST THE PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANIES PAYING UP.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALREADY RECEIVED TENS OF BILLIONS OF MORE DOLLARS AFTER GOING AFTER DRUG-MAKERS AND DISTRIBUTORS.
LOCAL GOVERNMENTS ALTOGETHER WILL HAVE RAKED IN MORE THAN 40 BILLION DOLLARS IN OPIOID LAWSUITS IF THE SETTLEMENT GOES THROUGH.
THOSE AGENCIES SAYING THEY’LL PUT THE MONEY TOWARD COMMUNITY RESOURCES TO COMBAT THE OPIOID CRISIS.
JUST BECAUSE THEY ARE SETTING THE LAWSUIT…
DOESN’T MEAN THE THREE PHARMACEUTICAL GIANTS ARE ADMITTING TO ANY WRONG DOING.
ALL CEO’S HAVE PREVIOUSLY ARGUED THEIR PHARMACIES WERE LAWFULLY REQUIRED TO FILL PRESCRIPTIONS FROM DOCTORS.
BUT DECIDING TO SETTLE IN COURT IN ORDER TO PUT THE SUIT BEHIND THEM.