The San Diego city attorney’s office filed a federal lawsuit against major manufacturers of prescription painkillers, alleging company officials knew they were stoking the country’s opioid crisis.
“Opioid manufacturers have profited handsomely from the human suffering they intentionally inflicted through manipulation and deceit,” City Atty. Mara Elliott said in a statement.“While San Diego will long deal with the destructive consequences of their greed, we intend to hold them accountable for funding drug treatment and education programs that will protect the health and safety of San Diegans.
Elliott’s statement notes that the city’s lawsuit is expected to become part of the consolidated case. Most of the death toll was attributed to illicit fentanyl, a potent synthetic heroin widely spread in the street market. Prescription drugs were involved in an estimated 34% of the deaths, the CDC reported in 2018.
Robert Josephson, a spokesman for Purdue, has previously issued statements defending the company’s work to provide a valuable drug to chronic pain sufferers and to reduce opioid abuse.
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