Kentucky AG sues CVS Health over state s opioid problems
BRUCE SCHREINER, Associated Press
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FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) Kentucky s attorney general on Wednesday sued CVS Health, accusing its pharmacy chain of flooding the state with prescription opioids that contributed to the state s addiction woes.
Attorney General Daniel Cameron filed the lawsuit in Franklin County Circuit Court, saying the health care company played a role in “fueling the crisis” by inundating the state with millions of doses of powerful prescription painkillers.
“As both distributor and pharmacy, CVS was in a unique position to monitor and stop the peddling of these highly-addictive drugs from their stores, yet they ignored their own safeguard systems,” Cameron said in a news release.