SAN FRANCISCO, July 26 -- A Superior Court judge in the U.S. state of Washington rejected a request from three major opioid distributors to drop a lawsuit against them, Washington Attorney General (AG) Bob Ferguson said Friday.
Judge Marshall Ferguson of King County Superior Court in Washington upheld the lawsuit filed by the state AG against McKessen Corp, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation for fueling the current opioid epidemic in the state.
"These opioid distributors won't avoid public accountability so easily," said AG Ferguson. "Those responsible for this epidemic must face accountability."
In March 2019, Ferguson sued San Francisco-based McKesson Corp., Dublin, Ohio-based Cardinal Health Inc. and Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania-based AmerisourceBergen Drug Corporation for illegally shipping huge amounts of oxycodone, fentanyl and other painkillers into Washington, which could be diverted to illegal drug markets or addicts.
He accused the three companies of making billions of U.S. dollars illegally from opioid transactions and feeding the state's opioid epidemic, and sought damages from the drug dealers and civil penalties to remediate the effects of the opioid epidemic, including treatment and education programs.
AG Ferguson said more than 8,000 Washington residents died from opioid overdoses between 2006 and 2017, and over 112 million daily doses of opioids, enough for a 16-day supply for each Washington resident, were dispensed in the state in 2011, the year of peak sales.
Washington is the 10th U.S. state to sue at least one of the drug distributors over opioid shipment or production.
6月英语四级写作必看范文(4)
英语四级写作常见强调手法
6月英语四级作文预测:商品过度包装
12月英语四六级写作技巧之切忌过于依赖从句
6月英语四六级作文预测:Actions Speak Louder Than Words
英语四级写作重点词汇
12月英语四六级写作技巧之变化才是真
英语四六级英文写作佳句300例
英语四级作文模板(3)
英语四六级写作提分技巧:文章内容和文章语言
12月英语四六级写作技巧之不带偏见
英语四级作文必备10大功能句型
6月英语四级写作命题形式和评分原则
英语四级六级写作常见题型及写作思路
6月英语四级作文预测:教学改革
英语四级作文模板之提纲式模板
英语四级作文预测:Online shopping
6月英语四级作文预测:大学学费来源
6月16英语四六级写作命题形式最后预想
英语四级写作关键点
6月英语四级作文预测:考研热
12月英语四六级写作技巧之少用关系代词
6月英语四六级作文预测新题型(2)
6月英语四级作文预测:留学的好处
英语四级说明原因型作文模板
6月英语四级作文预测:毕业后经常换工作
大学英语四级图表式作文模板
6月CET4英语四级写作真题及范文
名师何凯文6月16日四六级作文预测
英语四级考试技巧:作文收尾篇
不限 |
英语教案 |
英语课件 |
英语试题 |
不限 |
不限 |
上册 |
下册 |
不限 |