Georgia is fighting back against pharmaceutical companies with a new lawsuit targeting some of the bigger drug companies over opiod related deaths.
Per AJC
Attorney General Chris Carr, who brought the suit, said pharmaceutical companies should be held accountable for more than 1,000 opioid overdose deaths in Georgia in 2017.
Georgia joins at least 29 other states that allege drug companies perpetuated a nationwide opioid crisis and encouraged doctors to over-prescribe, leading to patients getting addicted and prescription drugs being sold on the streets.
“The manufacturers and distributors of opioids have fueled this crisis,” Carr said Thursday. “We needed to protect the interests of the people of Georgia, so we filed this lawsuit.”
The lawsuit seeks to recover unspecified amounts of money from the defendants for the cost to the public of treating opioid victims, and it asks a judge to prohibit companies from overly aggressive marketing and importing excessive supplies of the drugs.
The suit also alleges that pharmaceutical companies underestimated the impact opioids had on people.