Counties: Pharmacies Are Part of the Opioid Crisis

July 7, 2020

Source: Law360

Two Ohio counties urged a federal judge to shut down requests by pharmacy chains to toss claims that they created a public nuisance by failing to monitor suspicious opioid orders that helped fuel an epidemic of painkiller addiction, saying the state’s public nuisance law fits their claims.

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