Phoenix City Council to vote on proposal to take legal action against pharma firms over opioid epidemic

The Phoenix City Council will vote today on a plan to take legal action against pharmaceutical companies and distributors whose fraudulent marketing helped to create a national opioid epidemic. Plans call for hiring outside legal counsel to represent the city in legal action against these opioid manufacturers and distributors. The city would issue a Request for Proposals. The purpose of this legal action is to recover the city's damages, costs, losses and enforce the city's legal rights and claims…
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