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DOJ Accuses Walmart of Perpetuating the Opioid Crisis by Looking the Other Way

DOJ Accuses Walmart of Perpetuating the Opioid Crisis by Looking the Other Way
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In a lawsuit filed on Tuesday, the Department of Justice accused Walmart of being a reckless drug peddler who put profits over the nation’s health and said the retail giant was a key player in the opioid crisis that resulted in 50,000 overdoses in 2019 alone. ....

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Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart Inc. for Controlled Substances Act Violations

Department of Justice Files Nationwide Lawsuit Against Walmart Inc. for Controlled Substances Act Violations
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Government Suing Walmart Over Alleged Role in Opioid Epidemic

The U.S. Department of Justice s Civil Division has filed a multi-billion dollar lawsuit against Walmart, claiming that the retailer knowingly filled invalid and suspicious prescriptions for painkillers and thus was a major contributor to the opioid crisis.
The complaint, filed Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, alleges that Walmart engaged in unlawful conduct that resulted in hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA) both in the pharmacies it operates and its wholesale drug distribution centers.
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The DOJ s suit comes after a years-long investigation by the Prescription Interdiction & Litigation (PIL) Task Force. Investigators allege that Walmart employees knowingly filled thousands of prescriptions for controlled substances that were not issued for legitimate medical purposes or in the usual course of medical practice, and that employees filled prescriptions o ....

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DOJ Slaps Walmart with a Massive Lawsuit Over Enabling the Opioid Crisis

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The Department of Justice has issued a lawsuit against Walmart for the company s alleged enabling of the opioid crisis through hundreds of thousands of violations of the Controlled Substances Act. The violations allegedly occurred at Walmart pharmacies across the country.
“It has been a priority of this administration to hold accountable those responsible for the prescription opioid crisis. As one of the largest pharmacy chains and wholesale drug distributors in the country, Walmart had the responsibility and the means to help prevent the diversion of prescription opioids,” Acting Assistant Attorney General of the Civil Division Jeffrey Clark released in a statement Tuesday. “Instead, for years, it did the opposite filling thousands of invalid prescriptions at its pharmacies and failing to report suspicious orders of opioids and other drugs placed by those pharmacies. This unlawful conduct contributed to the ....

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