Florida sues Walgreens, CVS alleging they added to state’s opioid crisis
CVS says Florida’s opioid claim ‘without merit’
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – Florida is suing the nation’s two largest drugstore chains, alleging they added to the state’s opioid crisis.
Attorney General Pam Bondi announced late Friday that she has added Walgreens and CVS to a state-court lawsuit filed last spring against Purdue Pharma, the maker of oxycontin, and several opioid distributors.
Bondi said in a press release that CVS and Walgreens “played a role in creating the opioid crisis.” She said the companies failed to stop “suspicious orders of opioids” and “dispensed unreasonable quantities of opioids from their pharmacies.”
CVS spokesman Mike DeAngelis issued a statement Saturday saying the company is “dedicated to helping reduce prescription drug abuse and diversion.” That includes training pharmacists and their assistants and public education efforts.
The nation’s second-largest drugstore chain says Florida’s lawsuit alleging that it helped fuel the state’s opioid crisis “is without merit.”
Walgreens declined to comment for this story.
The federal government says about 45 people die daily because of opioid overdoses.
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They were already sued by the state for this…she’s going to lose on this one unless there is something they aren’t saying . Also, pharmacists aren’t policemen…their job is to fill the rx as long as it comes from a licensed doctor. Why didn’t the doc lose his license first???
Has Walmart effectively stopped all of their Pharmacists from dispensing opioids to legitimately vetted patients with their new limitations on dispensing? Why have they been left out of the law suit. Seems shady on Bondi’s part. Stockholder?