http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/washington-state-seattle-latest-sue-opioid-makers-50161326
Washington state and the city of Seattle on Thursday joined more than two dozen other government entities across the country suing to hold opioid makers accountable for an addiction crisis that has claimed thousands of lives.
The governments hope to recoup costs of responding to drug addiction, including money spent on emergencies, criminal justice and social services.
Round and round they go on this issue. This does not benefit the addicts nor the families who have been victimized by this deadly epidemic. A much deeper issue that should be working through legislation is instead fought in a courtroom over money that the state deems itself owed.
War on drugs? This is sneering from the ivory tower.
More than two dozen states, cities and counties — including Ohio, Mississippi, Orange County in California, and the Washington cities of Everett and Tacoma — have sued the pharmaceutical companies. Most other states have recently broadened a joint effort to investigate the companies' actions.
And still, no one wants to recognize and rectify the problem?
How about treating drug abuse like alcohol abuse..for starters.