CONWAY — Selectmen are mulling whether they should join in “mass tort” lawsuit against the pharmaceutical industry for allegedly hooking people on opioids.
The attorney who proposed the suit was unable to convince Carroll County to join but has signed up various towns and counties state wide.
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