Posted on Jul 30, 2021
Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?
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The outcome of a landmark federal opioid trial in West Virginia that reached closing arguments this week rests on two legally thorny questions.
Was it "unreasonable" for three of America's biggest corporations — the drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson — to ship roughly 81 million highly addictive opioid pills to pharmacies in one small Rust Belt city on the Ohio River?
If that was a reckless thing to do, does the addiction crisis in Huntington and surrounding Cabell County, W.Va., amount to a "public nuisance" that the companies must help remedy?
The answers to those questions will now be decided by U.S. District Judge David Faber in Charleston, W.Va.
His ruling, not expected for at least a month, could set legal precedents that shape corporate accountability for the opioid epidemic raging in thousands of communities across the United States.
The outcome of a landmark federal opioid trial in West Virginia that reached closing arguments this week rests on two legally thorny questions.
Was it "unreasonable" for three of America's biggest corporations — the drug wholesalers AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson — to ship roughly 81 million highly addictive opioid pills to pharmacies in one small Rust Belt city on the Ohio River?
If that was a reckless thing to do, does the addiction crisis in Huntington and surrounding Cabell County, W.Va., amount to a "public nuisance" that the companies must help remedy?
The answers to those questions will now be decided by U.S. District Judge David Faber in Charleston, W.Va.
His ruling, not expected for at least a month, could set legal precedents that shape corporate accountability for the opioid epidemic raging in thousands of communities across the United States.
Was It 'Reasonable' To Ship 81 Million Opioid Pills To This Small West Virginia City?
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A local resident was arrested during the opiate surge. She was Dr. shopping and receiving approx. 2000 pills a month. The US and State Rx databases caught up with her. You can't outrun communications, and computers have a good memory.
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Well, being as the 4 county area around there has a total population of only about 200,000 residents that means for every man, woman, and child they distributed over 400 pills IMHO, Yes.
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