Earlier this month, a federal judge kept alive a horribly misguided complaint by the Department of Justice against Walmart for doing nothing other than its duty in filling prescriptions from doctors in good standing.
The lawsuit involves prescriptions for legal opioid medicines. Yes, as reported just last week, opioid overdoses grew by 29% in 2020, making opioid misuse a scourge that probably requires a national health strategy to counteract. But the Justice Department’s civil suit against Walmart is mere virtue-signaling — indeed, it is counterproductive virtue-signaling at that. The real problem lies not with pharmacists but with doctors who overprescribe, users who abuse, and street traders who profit from an opioid black market.
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