Delta County and Chippewa County join federal lawsuit telling big pharma and chain pharmacies to stop killing Upper Peninsula residents with opioids
There have been numerous drugs overdoses overnight including two in Marquette County. NarCan was used on one victim who regained consciousness in Ishpeming, MI
By Greg Peterson
U.P. Breaking News
Owner, News Director
906-273-2433
(Delta County/Marquette, MI) – Delta County And Chippewa County have joined others cities and counties across Michigan and Wisconsin – charging big pharma and chain pharmacies of creating the opioid epidemic that has killed many Upper Peninsula residents – and hundreds of thousands in deaths across the USA.
In fact, the civil suits alleged these companies are a crime organization – The Racketeering Influenced Corrupt Organizations Act – aka the RICO Act.
That’s a heavy weight charge usually used on the mob and others in organized crime.
Read or download the Delta County lawsuit:
The alleged bad guys:
Purdue Pharma L.P.
Cephalon, Inc.
Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd.
Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc.
Endo International PLC
Endo Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Insys Therapeutics, Inc.
Mallinckrodt PLC
Mallinckrodt Pharmaceuticals
Allergan PLC
Actavis LLC
Actavis Pharma, Inc.
Watson Laboratories, Inc.
Watson Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
AmerisourceBergen Corporation
Cardinal Health, Inc.
McKesson Corporation
Omnicare Distribution Center LLC
Masters Pharmaceutical, Inc.
CVS Health Corporation
Walgreens Boots Alliance, Inc.
Rite Aid Corporation
Costco Wholesale Corporation
“As in communities across the country, the adverse effects of opioid addiction radiate across the County of Delta. When workers in the County of Delta become addicted, it decreases their productivity and their earning power, and ultimately harms the local economy. “
CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, ANNUAL SURVEILLANCE REPORT OF DRUG RELATED RISKS AND OUTCOMES: UNITED STATES, 2017, at 41-42 (2017
https://www.cdc.gov/drugoverdose/pdf/pubs/2017-cdc-drug-surveillance-report.pdf
Delta County “households fall victim to the opioid epidemic, the children that rely on them fall victim as well—increasing the strain on social-service providers. The opioid epidemic has, perhaps, its most pernicious effects in neighborhoods where drugs are sold. The illegal drug trade often invites violence and decimates the quality of life for innocent families living nearby. Many choose to leave. The opioid epidemic has contributed to the destabilization of communities and neighborhoods in the County of Delta and elsewhere, and, in turn, has deprived the County of
Delta of tax revenue and increased the costs of delivering public services.”
Plaintiff, the County of Delta, accordingly brings this civil action to eliminate or, at a minimum, reduce the imminent threat to public health and safety in the County of Delta caused by the opioid epidemic, to abate the nuisance caused thereby, and to recoup monies spent to address the harm that resulted from: (1) the false, deceptive and unfair marketing of prescription opioids by Defendants, and from (2) Defendants’ failure to stop plainly suspicious orders of opioids, as defined below. The economic damages suffered by Plaintiff were caused by the use of opioid products that were foreseeable to Defendants and were sustained through Defendants’ patterns of activity directly resulting from their reckless, intentional and unlawful acts and omissions
Upper Peninsula Breaking News by Greg Peterson 