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US Pharmacy chains ordered to pay US$650 million to Ohio counties for fuelling opioid crisis
Back in the 90s, Big Pharma told the US medical community that opioids weren’t addictive, so doctors in the US gave many people prescriptions for them. But that wasn’t true, and because of all those prescriptions, millions of people have misused opioids, leading to an opioid addiction and