NEW YORK (Reuters) – New York City said on Tuesday it has sued several companies that make or distribute prescription opioids, seeking to hold them accountable for their role in what it called a deadly epidemic afflicting the city.
Mayor Bill de Blasio announced the lawsuit, saying it seeks to recoup $500 million of costs to combat the epidemic.
Among the defendants are manufacturers such as Allergan Plc, Johnson & Johnson, Purdue Pharma LP and Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd, and distributors such as AmerisourceBergen Corp, Cardinal Health Inc and McKesson Corp, the city said.
Ought to sue the US government, the CIA, and the military, too….
Themselves, while they’re at it.
Deblasio is proving himself to be a bigger idiot / communist / totalitarian than I originally thought. Suing companies that provide a product that helps the sick and injured relieve their pain is pure insanity. He should sue his parents for not aborting him.
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=5&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiC48rpvvHYAhXDs1MKHbmCBD8QFghCMAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.huffingtonpost.com%2F2014%2F02%2F24%2Fheroin-epidemic_n_4790898.html&usg=AOvVaw39TNhNNONQ38JH5RV2opb1
https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwiC48rpvvHYAhXDs1MKHbmCBD8QFggvMAE&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fprojects%2Foxycontin-part1%2F&usg=AOvVaw2fQT-Qk7FY3Zy8b0NgmXCO
They knew EXACTLY what they were doing. For decades.