A Local Pharmacy Lawsuit Stirs up Community Controversy
http://www.wearewvproud.com/story/34347849/a-local-pharmacy-lawsuit-stirs-up-community-controversy
Attorney General Patrick Morrisey has recently filed a lawsuit against several pharmacies in West Virginia for over supplying prescriptions….. but tonight that lawsuit is seeing community backlash.
Community members are in shock after Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey, filed a lawsuit alleging Crab Orchard Pharmacy over prescribed prescription drugs. “It really disturbed me, the information when I started looking at it, it just didn’t add up with the kind of people that they are,” said a Raleigh County Community Member, David Chada.
Chada filled his prescriptions at Crab Orchard Pharmacy for years and said Morrisey’s lawsuit is something he believes is false. “I figured out it just doesn’t match up, I figured I have to find out how much is too much,” said Chada.
Chada turned to the internet to do his own research and from there his finding makes him believe maybe Morrisey made a mistake. “I thought there should be something out there if these people are really that bad and this just seems really odd,” said Chada.
Chada took it upon himself to write a letter to Attorney General, Patrick Morrisey, explaining he doesn’t think his accusations against the pharmacy add up. “The WV Board of Pharmacy regularly reviews with respect to dispensing narcotics and if Crab Orchard had been dispensing for years, there would have been some prior documentation of questionable activities,” said Chada.
In response Curtis M. Johnson with the Attorney Generals office stated, “our office has a phenomenal track record with regards to its consumer protection filings. We seek to fairly enforce the statute as no one is immune from complying with state law. Our complaint speaks for itself as to the specific allegations. We look forward to the discovery process.”
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How can he sue them for over prescribing? I thought the roll of a pharmacy was to FILL prescriptions that are prescribed by doctors. So unless the pharm. was filling fake prescriptions; I don’t see how he has any grounds for a lawsuit.
If he is allowed to sue a pharm. for doing their job; then legit & compliant pain patients should be able sue when our legit, valid & compliant prescriptions are denied w/o a very good & legit reason!!
I have great sympathy for his daughter as addiction is a horrible illness; but like most parents who have no real clue about addiction, he is looking for someone to blame instead of trying to find out what led to & how to best treat her addiction!
All this lawsuit will accomplish is to further stigmatize 2 very different & severe chronic conditions, that are equally difficult to treat & manage!
This will NOT help her nor prevent addiction; but it will most definitely cause untold torture, suffering, & even death to LEGIT, COMPLIANT & COMPLETELY INNOCENT CHRONIC PAIN PATIENTS!!
We are the ONLY ones that are being hurt by all these guidelines, rules, & regulations & WE will be the ONLY ones that will pay for these STUPID, BASELESS lawsuits w/ OUR lives!!
Their doing this everywhere,,ANY politician who’s adult kid,,abused our meds ,,their using their position of power for their own revenge crusade..Like I said in wisconsin,,our Attorney general daughter is a adult addict,,his newI laws are ludicrous,and are about to get worse..They won’t let me have a copy of their ,.”plan” they will have in place by thee end of january against my medicine,,,but its happening everywhere,,,,jmo,,,if we don’t get our shit together yesterday,,were literally dead,,write your aclu,again,,something,,,jmo,,mary,,,,
A case of personal vendetta?
Our Attorney Generals adult daughter od,,she alive and physically we,,but has ,’issues” w/addiction,,Welll guess who is heading up these ,opiate RESTRICTION in our state now,,,u guess it,,,,,This attorney general,,,personal vendetta everywhere,,,ie politician abusing the ,”just power,” derived from the governed,,,again,,
amen,,lets hope the tide is turning back to the truth,,and adults being responsible for THEMSELVES,, and ,”informed consent,” is honored again!!!!!!!!!!!MARY
Very interesting.
The meantime and outcome will be of great interest to many in the health care community.
Lisa Davis Budzinski