Oklahoma’s ‘Precedent-Setting’ Suit Puts Opioid Drugmakers On Trial

(By Jackie Fortier, Statelmpact, Oklahoma for Kaiser Health News)

All eyes will be on Oklahoma this week when the first case in a flood of litigation against opioid drug manufacturers begins Tuesday.

Oklahoma Attorney General Mike Hunter’s suit alleges Johnson & Johnson, the nation’s largest drugmaker, helped ignite a public health crisis that has killed thousands of state residents.  Continue reading article here…

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