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HUNTINGTON â A request to dismiss the case against opioid firms accused of adding fuel to the fire that is the opioid crisis by shipping hundreds of opioid dosages to Cabell County and Huntington will loom over the trial as the defense presents its witnesses.
The evidence shows AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson shipped more than 127 million dosage units of opioids into the county over an eight-year period. Attorneys say a systematic failure of the companiesâ suspicious ordering monitoring system, combined with company executives seeking to make as much profit as possible, led to an unnecessary amount of pills being shipped.
CHARLESTON – As they began arguing their case, the three drug distributor defendants in the bellwether federal trial continued to rest blame on others for fueling the opioid epidemic.
After more than six weeks of testimony, the City of Huntington and Cabell County rested their case July 1. That meant defendants AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal Health and McKesson started arguing the companies’ side July 2.
Huntington and Cabell County sued the distribution companies in 2017, seeking the parties be held responsible for their part in the opioid epidemic. Five of 77 pharmacies in Cabell County and Huntington, received over 23.2 million pills between 2006 and 2014 according to DEA data.
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The trial of the âBig Threeâ drug companies accused of fueling an opioid drug epidemic in Cabell County and the city of Huntington is taking place at the Robert C. Byrd U.S. Courthouse in Charleston.
Courtesy of the West Virginia Humanities Council