Tus Kws Txiav Txim David A. Faber, Senior District Judge rau Southern District of West Virginia, tau tso tseg qhov kev foob "public nuisance" uas tsim los ntawm lub nroog Huntington thiab Cabel County tawm tsam AmerisourceBergen Drug Co., Cardinal Health
Kaw ntawm lub raj mis qhib, sau tias muaj cov tshuaj opioid hydrocodone, raws li a … [+]
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Kev siv txoj cai lij choj ntawm "kev tsis txaus siab rau pej xeem" raws li tau piav qhia hauv ob peb kab dhau los, Tus Kws Txiav Txim Faber tau lees paub tias kev cuam tshuam pej xeem yog kev cuam tshuam tsis raug rau pej xeem cov khoom lossis cov peev txheej, tsis yog qhov tshwm sim tsis zoo ntawm kev muag khoom raug cai. Thaum cov tuam txhab raug foob los ntawm 2006 txog 2014 tau xa 51.3 lab tshuaj opioid mus rau cov khw muag tshuaj hauv cov zej zog cov neeg foob, "tsis muaj ib yam tsis tsim nyog txog kev faib cov tshuaj tswj kom ua tiav cov ntawv sau raws cai," tus kws txiav txim plaub txiav txim.
Huntington Tus Tswv Cuab Steve Williams (D) tau tshaj tawm cov lus hais tias, ntawm lwm yam, hais tias rooj plaub yog hais txog kev muab cov kws kho mob nrog cov peev txheej uas lawv xav tau los txo cov teebmeem opioid. Tab sis ntawm chav kawm kev puas tsuaj rau cov neeg raug tsim txom tsis yog ib qho xwm txheej txaus ntawm kev tsim txom.
Cardinal Health thiab McKesson nyob rau hauv cov nqe lus sib cais tau sau tseg tias lawv tau tswj hwm cov txheej txheem los tiv thaiv kev hloov pauv ntawm opioids mus rau kev txhaum cai.
Tau qhov twg los: https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelkrauss/2022/07/05/federal-judge-upholds-legal-definition-of-public-nuisance-dismisses-25b-opioid-suit/