Page 11 - Social Problem News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

Treatment. they have followed allstate and federal laws. they believe there are a number of grounds on which they can appeal and they insist that they have been made a scapegoat in what is a larger social problem. dave, christine. >> alex, thank you. the judge did not give the state of oklahoma everything it wanted. the request was for $17.5 billion over 30 years to pay for treatment, medical education, overdose prevention and law enforcement. the state did not provide sufficient evidence of the time and money needed to respond to the crisis after that. johnson and johnson's stock was up as mu...

During the eight-week trial about the loss of his son to an opioid overdose says the ruling is about long sought accountability. this is a case that will be studied throughout the country. there are dozens of other states that would like to do what oklahoma has now done. this fall will there be a federal trial involving a couple of,000 claims for cities, counties and municipalities all of which want to see pharmaceutical companies held responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic. for its part johnson & johnson will appeal. they say their painkillers are needed for pain management and p...

Counties and municipalities all of which want to see pharmaceutical companies responsible for contributing to the opioid epidemic. for its part johnson & johnson says they plan to appeal the ruling immediately. they say that their pain killers are needed for pain management and treatment. they say they have followed all state and federal laws. they believe there are a number of grounds on which they can appeal and they insist that they have been made a scapegoat in what is a larger social problem. dave, christine. >> alexandra field in norman, oklahoma, for us. the judge didn't give the state ...

>> reporter: good morning. we are hours away from hearing that verdict and it will certainly be watched closely in states across the country. nationwide opened crisis claimed hundreds of thousands of lives since 2000. dozens of states moving to hold them responsible but oklahoma is the first to take it to trial. they have squared off against johnson & johnson and jansinging. marketing practices with two of the drugs fueled an opioid epidemic which created a public nuisance, cost the state billions of dollars and claimed thousands of lives. now they are looking for $17.2 billion, money go to tr...

That alleged manifesto from the shooter and, you know, media organizations don't republish it, rightly so, and give it too much publicity. on the other hand, you can't avoid the fact that so many lines from that manifesto are ripped straight from donald trump's speech. he talks about traitors destroying america. he talks about democrats pandering to hispanic voters. trump has said that democrats want to give illegal voters the right to vote. he approves of "send her back" as a chant, trump stood and watched silently as people chanted "send her back" at his rally. so this is not only a social p...