US PHARMACY chain, Walgreens, is facing allegations of "flooding" Florida with opioids between 1999 and 2020.
The Sunshine State is suing the group for failing to do its due diligence in dispensing opioid prescriptions, and not directing patients away from the highly addictive analgesics.
"Walgreens was the last line of defense in preventing improper distribution of opioids," a lawyer acting on behalf of the State said.
"It was the entity that actually put the opioids in the hands of people addicted to opioids and the hands of criminals."
However, the company's defence attorney said responsibility for the State's opioid crisis lay at the feet of doctors who "have written so many scripts for pain medicine".
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