{"id":9894,"date":"2018-03-20T10:20:27","date_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:20:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9894"},"modified":"2018-03-20T10:20:27","modified_gmt":"2018-03-20T14:20:27","slug":"doj-weighing-major-litigation-against-opioid-makers-trump-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/?p=9894","title":{"rendered":"DOJ weighing \u2018major litigation\u2019 against opioid makers, Trump says"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for ST<em>A<\/em>T)<\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><span class=\"big-cap\">WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump spoke Monday of using federal prosecutors to pursue \u201cmajor litigation\u201d against drug manufacturers alleged to have played a role in creating a nationwide epidemic of opioid abuse. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statnews.com\/2018\/03\/19\/trump-opioid-department-of-justice\/?_hsenc=p2ANqtz-_54aA8RE5Bh0UT4gBaWo_EHZMGaxyK8001SC7t7qgjct0j0ZuZ8VLsfHGI7Qg1RRyMGDKtsCF7eUxoWA59WGU36QvZrA&amp;_hsmi=61488209\">Continue reading article here&#8230;<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"big-cap-wrap danger-zone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-4372\" src=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"32\" srcset=\"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo-300x32.png 300w, https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/STAT-Logo.png 453w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<pre>Notice: 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<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(By Lev Facher for STAT) WASHINGTON \u2014 President Trump spoke Monday of using federal prosecutors to pursue \u201cmajor litigation\u201d against<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,19,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-emerging-health-issues","category-legal-actionscourt-decisions","category-part-dprescription-drugs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894","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=9894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9895,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9894\/revisions\/9895"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/medicarereport.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}