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Criminal

Jun. 19, 2017

27 state AGs investigate drug companies' role in opioid crisis

California's attorney general has joined with 26 others in an informal coalition to investigate drug companies for taking actions they say worsened the opioid crisis.

By Malcolm Maclachlan
Daily Journal Staff Writer

SACRAMENTO — California's attorney general joined 26 others in an informal coalition to investigate drug companies for taking actions the prosecutors say worsened the opioid crisis.

The attorneys general will examine "whether drug manufacturers have engaged in unlawful practices in the marketing and sale of opioids," according to a news release Friday from th...

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