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Arkansas Attorney General Leslie Rutledge filed a lawsuit last week against Walgreens. The suit claims that the pharmacy chain helped to fuel the opioid crisis in the state. Yikes!
In court docs, the AG alleges that the Illinois-based chain failed to report suspicious prescription orders at its store locations in the state, which in turn helped “the oversupply of such drugs and fueling an illegal secondary market.”
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Rutledge acknowledged that the crisis has "become so prevalent in Arkansas" that a majority of its counties have a higher opioid prescribing rates than the national average. That's not good!
The suit claims that Walgreens "substantially" contributed to the problem "by selling, distributing, and dispensing far greater quantities of prescription opioids than it knows could be necessary for legitimate medical uses, while failing to report, and to take steps to halt, suspicious orders when they were identified."
A rep for the chain shot down the claims.
Walgreen pharmacists "always evaluate the patient, the prescriber, the drug, the applicable law, and the surrounding circumstances prior to making an appropriate professional decision whether to fill a prescription for a controlled substance," a spokesperson said.
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Walgreens plans to "vigorously defend itself against this litigation." Stay tuned for more info on this developing story!
