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SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - In a trial to decide if three of the country’s biggest distributors of opioids caused an overdose epidemic in Washington State, defense attorneys on Monday and Tuesday sought to show the drugs are an essential component of pain treatment and the benefits outweigh the risks.
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - The executive director of a treatment clinic for addicted opioid users said her staffers were overwhelmed by an epidemic of drug abuse to the point they became burned out and suffered from compassion fatigue.
SEATTLE (Legal Newsline) - An addiction expert witness called by the State of Washington said that a massive over supply of opioid pills in the early 2000s is linked with heroin use and caused an overdose epidemic in the state.