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Pharmacy chains failed to prevent opioid misuse, U.S. jury hears

October 4, 2021 6:06 AM EDT

By Grant Segall

CLEVELAND (Reuters) - Pharmacy operators including CVS Health Corp and Walmart Inc fueled the U.S. opioid epidemic by failing to stop massive quantities of addictive painkillers from reaching the black market, a lawyer for two Ohio counties said at the start of a trial on Monday.

Mark Lanier told a federal jury in Cleveland hearing the first trial the pharmacy chains have faced in nationwide litigation over the epidemic that the companies bore responsibility for drug abuse in the counties of Lake and Trumbull.

"They just dispensed like a vending machine,"... More