In 2019, The Legal Fight Over Opioids Unraveled Into Confusion And Infighting

Dec 27, 20190

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Millions of Americans sank into addiction after using potent opioid painkillers, such as acetaminophen/oxycodone, that companies churned out and doctors freely prescribed over the past two decades. Eric Baradat /AFP via Getty Images

Legal experts expected this to be the year we answered big questions about the liability that drug companies face for the deadly opioid epidemic and for their role in marketing high-risk prescription pain medications.

Instead, the legal fight over who will pay to clean up the addiction crisis dissolved into confusion and infighting.

https://www.npr.org/2019/12/26/791112099/in-2019-the-legal-fight-over-opioids-unraveled-into-confusion-and-infighting

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