Standing Rock Tribe Sues Drug Manufacturers Over Opioid Crisis in Indian Country

All too rapidly, opioid and heroin abuse has hit crisis levels in communities across the United States and Native American tribes have some of the highest overdose rates per capita. According to Centers for Disease Control (CDC) statistics, between 2000 and 2016, Native American overdose rates, at 8.6 per 100,000 were second only to whites. Now these tribes are joining a lengthening list of groups suing drug manufacturers and distributors over allegations of fraudulent actions connected to the overdose crisis. On Thursday, the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe filed its own suit in North Dakota District Court, adding an additional dimension to a legal action that has already stretched across the country.

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