{"id":19169,"date":"2021-11-24T09:08:31","date_gmt":"2021-11-24T14:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19169"},"modified":"2021-11-24T09:08:31","modified_gmt":"2021-11-24T14:08:31","slug":"3-of-americas-biggest-pharmacy-chains-have-been-found-liable-for-the-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=19169","title":{"rendered":"3 of America&#8217;s biggest pharmacy chains have been found liable for the opioid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Brian Mann for NPR)<\/p>\n<p>A federal jury on Tuesday found three of the nation&#8217;s biggest pharmacy chains, CVS, Walgreens and Walmart, liable for helping to fuel the U.S. opioid crisis \u2014 a decision that&#8217;s expected to have legal repercussions as thousands of similar lawsuits move forward in courts across the country.\u00a0 Continue reading the article <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2021\/11\/23\/1058539458\/a-jury-in-ohio-says-americas-big-pharmacy-chains-are-liable-for-the-opioid-epide\">here&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3902\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"152\" height=\"55\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo.png 152w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/NPR-logo-150x55.png 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 152px) 100vw, 152px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Notice:<\/strong> The link provided above connects readers to the full content of the posted article. The URL (internet address) for this link is valid on the posted date; medicarereport.org cannot guarantee the duration of the link\u2019s validity. Also, the opinions expressed in these postings are the viewpoints of the original source and are not explicitly endorsed by AMAC, Inc.; the AMAC Foundation, Inc.; or medicarereport.org<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Brian Mann for NPR) A federal jury on Tuesday found three of the nation&#8217;s biggest pharmacy chains, CVS, Walgreens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-19169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19169","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=19169"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19169\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19170,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19169\/revisions\/19170"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=19169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=19169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=19169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}