Sarasota hospital system sues pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors for role in opioid epidemic

Sarasota County Public Hospital District, known as the Sarasota Memorial Healthcare System, has filed a civil action lawsuit against several major distributors and manufacturers to put an end to opioid abuse. The hospital system alleges the defendants used a coordinated strategy to shift the way in which doctors and patients think about pain and encourage the use of opioids to treat not just those who suffer from acute post-surgical pain and end-stage cancer pain, but the masses who suffer from…
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