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Five state attorneys general sue Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis

By Cassidy Morrison
Published May 16, 2019 2:51pm ET
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Five state attorneys general sue Purdue Pharma over opioid crisis
This Feb. 19, 2013, photo shows OxyContin pills arranged for a photo at a pharmacy, in Montpelier, Vt. The wealthy family who owns the company that makes OxyContin says Massachusetts got the facts wrong in a lawsuit. Legal papers made public Tuesday, April 2, 2019, represent the first time the Sackler family, who owns the Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, has responded in court to allegations about its role in the opioid crisis. | (AP Photo/Toby Talbot)

The attorneys general for West Virginia, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland and Wisconsin announced Thursday that they are suing Purdue Pharma and former director Dr. Richard Sackler for their role in the opioid crisis, saying that they marketed drugs illegally.

“Enough is enough,” Republican West Virginia Attorney General Patrick Morrisey said in the morning press conference. “Our states will not go down quietly.”

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