Ohio Jury Finds CVS, Walgreens & Walmart Responsible For Fueling Opioid Epidemic
A federal jury in Ohio has ruled in a first-of-its-kind verdict that three prominent retail chains bear responsibility for inundating communities with addictive opioid medications, triggering the devastating opioid epidemic that has swept through the United States. Lake and Trumbull counties, who sued CVS, Walgreens, and Walmart as public nuisances, lauded the jury’s decision as “a milestone victory” for communities and families whose lives were destroyed by the cavalier distribution of opium-based pain killers. “For decades, pharmacy chains have watched as the pills flowing out of their doors...