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An American city is suing the maker of OxyContin for its alleged role in fueling the national opioid epidemic:
After spending millions to combat the opioid epidemic ravaging its citizens, the working-class city of Everett, Washington, is taking the maker of opioid painkiller OxyContin to federal court. The city claims that the drug maker, Purdue Pharma, knowingly sold to black markets out of pure greed, enabling the devastating epidemic hitting Everett and the rest of the country.
According to the lawsuit (PDF) filed in federal court in Seattle, Everett accuses Purdue Pharma of "knowingly, recklessly, and/or negligently supplying OxyContin to obviously suspicious physicians and pharmacies and enabling the illegal diversion of OxyContin into the black market, including to drug rings, pill mills, and other dealers for dispersal of the highly addictive pills in Everett." Purdue's goal, Everett alleges, was to "generate enormous profits" at the expense of the people of Everett. [...] "Our community has been significantly damaged, and we need to be made whole," Everett's mayor, Ray Stephanson, told ABC News.
[...] In a statement, Purdue disputed Everett's claims, saying that it did notify the DEA and acted responsibly. "We look forward to presenting the facts in court," the company said. Purdue also said that its opioids now account for less than two percent of US opioid prescriptions.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 16 2017, @08:44PM (2 children)
> Mod points, my kingdom for a mod point...
Raise the bar? (that is, your personal standard)
I rarely give out more than one or two mod points per day. That way I almost always have one when I see something really good (or really bad). Most days I look at ~75% of the stories, browsing at -1.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Thursday March 16 2017, @10:31PM (1 child)
It's possible that the AC is a true AC (unlike you and I) and doesn't have any mod points.
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday March 17 2017, @03:41AM
It's possible that the AC is a true AC (unlike you and I) and doesn't have any mod points.
Beg pardon? Are you suggesting that there are true ACs operating right here in River City? (I mean, SoylentNews.) Well, that would explain the offer of a kingdom, since everyone knows that all true ACs are masters of their own domains.