This article was originally published in The Washington Post. Paul Farrell Jr., a West Virginia attorney driving a massive lawsuit against drug companies.
Washington Post: 76 billion opioid pills: Newly released federal data unmasks the epidemic
America’s largest drug companies saturated the country with 76 billion oxycodone and hydrocodone pain pills from 2006 through 2012 as the nation’s deadliest drug epidemic spun out of control, according to previously undisclosed company data released as part of the largest civil action in U.S. history.