Walmart Accused of Fueling Opioid Crisis by Filling Bad Prescriptions
A woman puts groceries in her vehicle outside of a Walmart store in Pearl, Miss., in March. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez) WILMINGTON, Del. (CN) — Accusing Walmart of adding fuel to the fire of America’s opioid crisis, the Justice Department filed a lawsuit Tuesday claiming the retail giant unlawfully dispensed controlled substances at its more than 5,000 pharmacies. In the 160-page complaint filed in Delaware federal court, the department accuses Walmart of hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act. The retail corporation failed to properly investigate hundreds of tho...
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