| Hans-Günter Meyer-Thompson | International
USA. States are going after opioid makers
USA. States are going after opioid makers
To understand how states are going on the offensive against opioid makers and distributors for the devastation their pills have caused, look no further than Kentucky, where about as many people die of overdoses every year as from car accidents and gunshots combined.
Kentucky Attorney General Andy Beshear (D) filed a third lawsuit last week aimed at recouping damages from the opioid epidemic -- the latest one is against Cardinal Health, which holds about 20 percent of the state’s market share. And he says he’s not stopping there. (Washington Post, PowerPost - The Health 202, 26.02.2018)