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Retail giant Walmart sued by US government for role in opioid crisis – Sydney Morning Herald

The Justice Department’s lawsuit comes nearly two months after Walmart filed its own preemptive suit against the Justice Department.

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Washington: The Justice Department is suing Walmart, alleging the company unlawfully dispensed controlled substances through its pharmacies, helping to fuel the opioid crisis in America, a person familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.The civil complaint being filed on Tuesday, local time, points to the role Walmarts pharmacies may have played in the crisis by filling opioid prescriptions and by unlawfully distributing controlled substances to the pharmacies during the height of the…

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