SAN FRANCISCO: Walgreens Boots Alliance contributed to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco through its sale of prescription drugs in the city, a federal judge concluded on Wednesday.
The amount the pharmacy chain must pay will be determined in a later trial.
San Francisco had sued Walgreens and several other companies over the opioid epidemic in the city, saying they created a “public nuisance” by flooding the city with prescription opioids and failing to prevent the drugs from being diverted for illegal use. A trial began in April and all of the defendants except Walgreens reached settlements before the court ruled.
So where was the FDA, CA Board of Pharmacy, Local oversight while Walgreens was supposedly filling prescriptions for 15 years - something just doesn't add up here.
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