Posted on 05/18/2023 11:00:08 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Walgreens will pay the city of San Francisco nearly $230 million, after a federal judge found the company liable for contributing to the city’s opioid epidemic.
The settlement, which will be paid out over 14 years, will go towards addressing the city’s opioid crisis, San Francisco City Attorney David Chiu announced on Wednesday.
“Opioids have wreaked havoc across our nation leading to immense suffering and untold damage,” he said in a statement. “Cities like San Francisco have shouldered much of the burden of the opioid epidemic. “
“Following our win against Walgreens during the liability phase, this historic agreement ensures Walgreens is held accountable for the crisis they fueled and our City receives appropriate resources to combat the opioid crisis and bring relief to our communities,” Chiu added.
(Excerpt) Read more at thehill.com ...
Opioid Medication Agreement
https://mydoctor.kaiserpermanente.org/ncal/Images/1057-E%20(2-09)_tcm75-19007.pdf
It is a good thing....I ain’t King.
Scam the deep pockets to finance irrational reparations.
“Narcotic Treatment Programs
....
California’s NTPs provide opioid medication assisted treatment to those persons addicted to opiates.”
https://www.dhcs.ca.gov/individuals/Pages/NTP.aspx
This is in a state that would hate a pharmacist to say I believe this prescription would kill your child.
Imagine the lawsuit amounts against the pharma companies for the plandemic / scamdemic
There are too many people who believe every pill will be a cure when it is just a profit center for the drug companies.
How many people did these companies kill with opioids? !
No more pain relieving meds for that wretched city. Walgreens and all other pharmacies should pull up stakes and let the screaming begin.
Message to deep pocket corporations in any ultra-liberal jurisdiction - get out. You are a target for jackpot litigation settlements simply because you have money.
“You have to be insane to own a retail business....”
Anywhere.
The US is a leader in deaths from amphetamines, cocaine and opioids:
https://ourworldindata.org/illicit-drug-use
What a surprise.
“Death rate due to opioid overdose in the U.S. from 1999 to 2021”
https://www.statista.com/statistics/798338/rate-of-opioid-overdose-deaths-in-us/
State crackdowns are good for the coffin business.
Some of the money will go to buying needles for drug consumption safe spaces, no doubt.
San Francisco has successfully extorted Walgreens with the connivance of their accomplice in the federal Judiciary. People in government see the world as a binary place: government which has the right to extort everyone and everyone else all of whom exist to fund government. People who believe in the protections of the Bill of Rights rarely go into government.
It’s the fault of the quacks.
Problem is the vast majority of addicts WANT to confine their drug lifestyle. It’s a choice, a bad choice, but nevertheless a choice that the made of their own free will. No one put a gun to their heads and said shoot up or I’ll kill you.
Confine = continue. $&@&$** autocorrect.
That horrible city doesn’t deserve one cent.
Pathetic on so many levels.
Same logic.
Frisco is bearing such a burden ‘cause of the total turds in charge for decades.
A small earthquake would be interesting. The SanAndreas, not the Calaveras — that is too close to me.
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