CVS, Walgreens, And Rite Aid Sue Doctors In Latest Move In Federal Opioid Case

The opioid epidemic in the United States is a massive mess. Over 200,000 people have died from overdoses of prescription narcotics over the last 20 years, according to The Washington Post. Federal, state, and local governments have spent a lot of money dealing with opioid addiction. All these governments -- and private plaintiffs -- are now suing various pharmaceutical companies and drugstores for large sums of money.

But today, it was reported that drugstores including CVS Health (NYSE: CVS) Walgreens Boots Alliance (NASDAQ: WBA), Rite Aid (NYSE: RAD), and Walmart (NYSE: WMT) are attempting to shift the culpability to the doctors who prescribed the pain killers that the drug stores filled.

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