Walgreens reaches $683m settlement with Florida over role in opioid crisis

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Walgreens reaches $683m settlement with Florida over role in opioid crisis
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The company settled over claims that it exacerbated the opioid crisis in the Sunshine State.

Some want to blame the pharmacutical companies and distributors for the crisis, accusing them of encouraging doctors to over-perscribe the medication and downplaying its risks while they made massive profits.doctors earlier this year in Ohio for perscribing the drugs.

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