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Opioid Crisis: Michigan Communities Take On Drug Companies
Michigan communities join together to file a lawsuit against drug companies, alleging they are responsible for the opioid crisis.
DETROIT, MI — Michigan communities are joining forces to take on the nation's opioid epidemic.
Their goal is to take on the companies responsible for pain pills, showing that history has demonstrated that abuse of pain pills has led users to abuse drugs like heroin.
A federal lawsuit was filed today on the behalf of nine cities and counties across Michigan demanding that pharmaceutical manufacturers, distributors, and pharmacies all should be held accountable for their role in record levels of opioid drug use, death, and cost to local and county governments.
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