Opioid use in the United States has reached epidemic levels. Opioids are highly addictive and dangerous, but have been increasingly prescribed over the past two decades.
In July 2017, President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis declared that opioids were killing roughly 142 people in the U.S. each day. This tally was vividly described as “September 11th every three weeks.” The CDC reports that, since 1999, opioid prescriptions – and opioid deaths – have quadrupled in the United States. In 2014, almost 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids.
Many victims of America's opioid epidemic are now filing lawsuits against physicians, pharmacists, and drug wholesalers. The allegations in these lawsuits claim that these doctors and entities caused or contributed to their addictions to prescription painkillers.
What You Need to Know About Opioid Drug Lawsuits
Opioid use in the United States has reached epidemic levels. Opioids are highly addictive and dangerous, but have been increasingly prescribed over the past two decades.
In July 2017, President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis declared that opioids were killing roughly 142 people in the U.S. each day. This tally was vividly described as “September 11th every three weeks.” The CDC reports that, since 1999, opioid prescriptions – and opioid deaths – have quadrupled in the United States. In 2014, almost 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids.
Many victims of America's opioid epidemic are now filing lawsuits against physicians, pharmacists, and drug wholesalers. The allegations in these lawsuits claim that these doctors and entities caused or contributed to their addictions to prescription painkillers.
Opioid use in the United States has reached epidemic levels. Opioids are highly addictive and dangerous, but have been increasingly prescribed over the past two decades.
In July 2017, President Trump’s Commission on Combating Drug Addiction and the Opioid Crisis declared that opioids were killing roughly 142 people in the U.S. each day. This tally was vividly described as “September 11th every three weeks.” The CDC reports that, since 1999, opioid prescriptions – and opioid deaths – have quadrupled in the United States. In 2014, almost 2 million Americans abused or were dependent on prescription opioids.
Many victims of America's opioid epidemic are now filing lawsuits against physicians, pharmacists, and drug wholesalers. The allegations in these lawsuits claim that these doctors and entities caused or contributed to their addictions to prescription painkillers.