HONOLULU (AP) — Hawaii’s attorney general is suing the makers of a widely prescribed blood thinner that he says a significant portion of the state’s population has difficulty metabolizing.

Attorney General David Louie filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the manufacturers and distributors of Plavix, marketed to work similarly to aspirin to prevent a stroke or heart attack.

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