Kentucky Sues CVS, Says It Fueled Opioid Epidemic

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The state of Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against CVS, alleging the pharmacy chain was “fueling” the opioid epidemic that has killed hundreds of people in the state.

“During the height of the opioid epidemic, CVS allowed millions of dosage units of opioids to flood Kentucky’s borders, fueling the crisis and devastating thousands of families and communities across the Commonwealth,” Attorney General Daniel Cameron said in a news release.

One CVS in Perry County bought more than 6.8 million doses of oxycodone and hydrocodone from 2006 to 2014, “enough opioids for every man, woman, and child in the county to have over 26 pills every year during the same period,” according to the news release. Meanwhile, a bankruptcy plan for Purdue Pharma, the company that makes OxyContin, has taken a major step toward becoming a reality, NPR reported.

 

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