The city of Portland has joined other cities and counties in the U.S. in a lawsuit against opioid manufacturers and distributors.
Filed last Thursday in Cumberland Superior Court, the lawsuit alleges that 20 drug manufacturers and five doctors knew that the opioids they were prescribing were effective for short term post-surgical and trauma-related pain, but they also knew for years that these opioids were highly addictive and subject to misuse.
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