UpdatedTue, Jul 6, 2021 at 5:28 pm ET Reply Cobb County will serve as one of five jurisdictions across the nation in a historic opioid trial in 2022 — one of which will determine major pharmacy chains' responsibility in the country's opioid crisis. (Shutterstock ) COBB COUNTY, GA — Cobb County once had the highest rate of opioid-related overdose deaths in Georgia, holding that title in 2017 and second-highest in 2018, according to Cobb & Douglas Public Health. But next year, the county will serve as one of five jurisdictions across the nation in historic opioid trials — one of which could determine major pharmacy chains' responsibility in the country's opioid crisis, county officials said in a news release Tuesday.