Erie County sues drugmakers over 'addictive and dangerous' painkillers
Hundreds of overdose victims in Erie County are dead because major pharmaceutical companies misled doctors and patients into believing that highly addictive, prescription painkillers were safe, Erie County Executive Mark C. Poloncarz said.
So Erie County is suing the companies in State Supreme Court.
The suit, filed on Wednesday, also accuses four physicians of being paid by drug makers to promote their prescription painkillers and mislead other physicians regarding the drugs' addictive properties.
"We believe the pharmaceutical companies and those doctors are the ones who should be held responsible," Poloncarz said. "They have created a whole nation of addicts by stating publicly that these drugs were not addictive and were quite safe, when we knew they were very addictive and dangerous."
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