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Opening arguments were given earlier this week (September 6, 2022) in the bench trial for the state of New Mexico’s opioid case against Walgreens, Walmart, and Kroger. The three pharmacy giants stand accused of recklessly dispensing opioids and, in so doing, facilitating the state’s opioid crisis. Together, the defendants are responsible for more than 50% of the opioid pills
Close Opioids such as oxycontin, shown here, have taken center stage in a Charleston federal courtroom during a multimillion-dollar opioid trial. The result could have huge effects on hundreds of similar lawsuits filed across the country AP Photo by Toby Talbot AP Associated Press May 18, 2021 Opioids such as oxycontin, shown here, have taken center stage in a Charleston federal courtroom during a multimillion-dollar opioid trial. The result could have huge effects on hundreds of similar lawsuits filed across the country AP Phot...
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CHARLESTON â A Drug Enforcement Administration agent-turned-investigative executive for AmerisourceBergen Drug Corp. testified Friday at an opioid trial in Charleston about drug diversion control regulations and what the companyâs policies were to follow them. The trial, taking place before Senior U.S. District Court Judge David Faber at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse, centers around allegations made by Cabell County and Huntington against the âBig Threeâ drug wholesalers of sparking the opioid crisis by sending 127.9 million opiate doses into Cabell County from 2006-1...