here s kerry sanders. reporter: this morning, florida is suing the two nation s largest drugstores, accusing helping them of create the state s devastating opioid crisis. florida s republican attorney general, pam bondi, to the lawsuits filed in may among those initially named, the maker of o krrxycontin. they say they sold and shipped unreasonable quantities to cvs in florida and said the pharmacy giants failed to stop suspicious orders they received. a spokesman tells b nbc news in part, the lawsuit is without merit and that the company complies with all federal and state laws were dispensing of controlled substance prescriptions, add aing we have stringent policies to prevent abuse. walgreens says it does not comment on pending lawsuits. the suit claims since 2006,
disarray as the company is trying to find mergers. from the rite aid point of view, they re all looking for open arms. all three pharmacy giants revealing deals. cvs recently buying aetna, walgreen s buying rite aid and a drug distributor. lot of this has been caused by amazon, which seems to be marching into a variety of categories in business, trying to use its distribution expertise to take over a lot of businesses that otherwise didn t have. the new company from albertson s and rite aid merger, 4900 stores, 4300 pharmacies. they have safeway, albertson s. there may be one in your neighborhood. dana: there was in the place where i grew up out in colorado. thank you, gerri? you re welcome. dana: united states adding to its medal count. the brother/sister pair claiming the bronze in ice dancing. the americans now have 12 medals, but are still in sixth
announcement from one of the biggest pharmacy giants in the country. cvs says it s fighting america s opioid crisis by capping how many of the prescription painkillers you can get at a time. this is the first national retail chain to do this. it starts in february. people who are prescribed opioids can only get seven pills at a time. pharmacists have to talk to those people about the risk of addiction when they buy them. cvs is going to limit the number and the daily dosages based on the strength of the drug that will require its pharmacies to use the less addictive immediate release drugs instead of those time lapsed versions. london puts the brakes on uber. pulling the license. why the city wants uber out. oh, look.