DOJ Sues Walmart, Alleges Role in Opioid Crisis

Jerry LambeDec 22nd, 2020, 4:22 pm
The Department of Justice is suing Walmart, claiming the retail giant helped fuel the opioid crisis by illegally dispensing and distributing opioid painkillers across the country without properly screening questionable prescriptions in an effort to boost profits.
The 160-page complaint, filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Delaware, alleged that Walmart violated the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) hundreds of thousands of times through the height of the epidemic by “knowingly” filling “thousands of controlled substance prescriptions that were not issued for legitimate medical purposes or in the usual course of medical practice.” The DOJ also accused Walmart of unlawfully filling hundreds of thousands of suspicious wholesale orders to Walmart-owned pharmacies from its own distribution center.

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