The Hill By Nathaniel Weixel - 01/08/20
Major national drugstore chains are suing physicians in two Ohio counties for allegedly causing the country’s current opioid crisis by excessively prescribing the highly addictive drugs.
The pharmacies — including Walgreen Co., CVS, Walmart and Rite Aid — said in a court filing that doctors are the ones who wrote the prescriptions, so they are the ones who need to be held liable.
The countersuit against doctors adds yet another layer of complexity to an already sprawling federal lawsuit.
The pharmacies are facing their own lawsuit from Summit and Cuyahoga counties, which is slated to start in October. However, the counties are not suing the doctors in question. In the complaint filed Monday, the companies said if they are found liable for the opioid epidemic, then the doctors should be too.
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