Walmart Is Latest Big-Name Company Embroiled In Opioid Crisis
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One of the nation s top retailers Walmart faces growing legal and financial peril stemming from claims its pharmacy chain helped fuel America s opioid epidemic.
The Justice Department Tuesday filed a civil suit accusing the company of failing to stop hundreds of thousands of improper opioid transactions at its warehouses and pharmacies.
The DOJ is seeking penalties it says could run into the billions of dollars. Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescription opioids, says Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, in a statement.
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On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a civil suit accusing Walmart of failing to stop hundreds of thousands of improper opioid transactions at its chain of pharmacies.
One of the nation s top retailers Walmart faces growing legal and financial peril stemming from claims its pharmacy chain helped fuel America s opioid epidemic.
The Justice Department Tuesday filed a civil suit accusing the company of failing to stop hundreds of thousands of improper opioid transactions at its warehouses and pharmacies.
The DOJ is seeking penalties it says could run into the billions of dollars. Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescription opioids, says Jeffrey Bossert Clark, Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division, in a statement.
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On Tuesday, the Justice Department filed a civil suit accusing Walmart of failing to stop hundreds of thousands of improper opioid transactions at its chain of pharmacies. Sue Ogrocki/AP
One of the nation s top retailers Walmart faces growing legal and financial peril stemming from claims its pharmacy chain helped fuel America s opioid epidemic.
The Justice Department Tuesday filed a civil suit accusing the company of failing to stop hundreds of thousands of improper opioid transactions at its warehouses and pharmacies.
The DOJ is seeking penalties it says could run into the billions of dollars.
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