St. Charles County lawsuit accuses drug companies, distributors of worsening opioid epidemic

St. Charles County has filed a lawsuit against a group of pharmaceutical manufacturers and drug distributors, accusing them of "aggressive and fraudulent marketing" of prescription opioid painkillers that has led to a drug abuse epidemic, County Executive Steve Ehlmann announced Monday. The lawsuit which was filed in U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri is seeking compensatory and punitive damages for "the millions of dollars it spends each year" to combat the epidemic, which…
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