New York Expands Case Against Purdue Pharma, Includes Other Opioid Manufacturers

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Furthermore, the Attorney General claimed that Purdue Pharma and the other defendants caused financial harm to New York State. She argued that the state spend hundreds of millions of dollars on services related to addiction treatment and support programs, antidote treatments and trainings as well as medications and services to treat the additional physical morbidities associaed with opioid use disorder.

Opioid manufacturers must take responsibility for creating the epidemic

The Attorney General noted that the State of New York is suffering from  widespread opiod addiction and overdose deaths.

In a statement, James said, “The opioid epidemic has ravaged families and communities across New York. We found that pharmaceutical manufacturers and distributors engaged in years of deceptive marketing about the risks of opioids and failed to exercise their basic duty to report suspicious behavior, leading to the crisis we are living with today.”

“As the Sackler Family and the other defendants grew richer, New Yorkers’ health grew poorer and our state was left to foot the bill. The manufacturers and distributors of opioids are to blame for this crisis and it is past time they take responsibility,” she added.