Walgreens, CVS, Walmart Ordered To Pay 650 Million

[Jimmy Snacks]

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart ordered to pay $650 million for fueling opioid crisis

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/17/1118009646/cvs-walgreens-and-walmart-ordered-to-pay-650-million-for-fueling-opioid-crisis

 

[01mxz800]

4 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart ordered to pay $650 million for fueling opioid crisis

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/17/1118009646/cvs-walgreens-and-walmart-ordered-to-pay-650-million-for-fueling-opioid-crisis

 

meanwhile the doctors who wrote the prescriptions and the pharmaceutical co.'s skate

[800renegaderider]

3 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said:

meanwhile the doctors who wrote the prescriptions and the pharmaceutical co.'s skate

Sackler’s had to pay 6 billion. Bunch of other billion dollar settlements from companies also. Some of these people should be in prison though but I guess money can buy your way out of that.

[snoughnut]

9 minutes ago, 01mxz800 said:

meanwhile the doctors who wrote the prescriptions and the pharmaceutical co.'s skate

That's not entirely true. 

 

Purdue Pharma, Sacklers reach $6 billion deal with state attorneys general

March 3, 20221:43 PM ET

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The headquarters of Purdue Pharma LP, the maker of the painkiller OxyContin, are seen in Stamford, Conn.

Timothy A. Clary/AFP via Getty Images

Nine state attorneys general have agreed to drop their objection to a deal granting immunity from opioid lawsuits to members of the Sackler family who own Purdue Pharma, the maker of OxyContin.

In exchange, the family has agreed to increase the amount it pays from personal holdings from roughly $4.5 billion under a previous settlement to $6 billion.

Washington state Attorney General Robert Ferguson described the terms of the new settlement as a victory.

"Rather than join the majority of states in settlement, Washington chose to lead the fight against the Sacklers and Purdue," Ferguson said in a statement.

"As a result, we won more than $100 million for Washington state to address the opioid epidemic, and more than $1 billion for states, cities and tribes across the country."

 

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The prior deal was overturned by a federal judge in Manhattan last December after some states and the Justice Department filed an appeal.

States demanding more money from the Sacklers — California, Connecticut, Delaware, Maryland, New Hampshire, Oregon, Vermont and Washington — have among the highest overdose death rates in the country.

Sacklers voice "regret" but deny wrongdoing

In a statement, members of various branches of the Sackler family again denied any wrongdoing and described the settlement as one that will "allow very substantial additional resources to reach people and communities in need."

 

"While the families have acted lawfully in all respects, they sincerely regret that OxyContin, a prescription medicine that continues to help people suffering from chronic pain, unexpectedly became part of an opioid crisis that has brought grief and loss to far too many families and communities."

Critics, including many of the state attorneys general who approved this deal, have long accused members of the Sackler family of aggressively marketing opioids in ways that contributed to soaring rates of addiction and overdoses.

 

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Purdue Pharma has admitted criminal wrongdoing in two separate plea agreements with the U.S. Justice Department.

Though the Sacklers themselves have never been charged with any personal wrongdoing, they agreed to pay $225 million to the Department of Justice as part of a separate settlement in 2020.

The deal isn't final just yet

This new deal will now require approval by U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Robert Drain, who has presided over the case. He has signaled his strong support for these talks and to a deal that would avoid years of costly litigation.

The additional $1 billion would be directed to programs designed to tackle the opioid crisis.

Most of the total funds would still be divided among state, local and tribal governments, including the states and Washington, D.C. that opposed the original settlement.

 

One controversial provision of the deal remains: as with the prior settlement, the Sacklers would be protected from current and future lawsuits related to OxyContin and other Purdue pain medications.

 

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In addition to holding out for a larger contribution, critics said forcing states to give up their right to sue the Sacklers represented an unconstitutional overreach by the bankruptcy court.

A hearing on the case before the Second Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled for April, but it is expected to be canceled if all the parties withdraw their objections.

This settlement could cap a contentious bankruptcy proceeding that started in September 2019. The case played out against the backdrop of surging drug overdose deaths, involving prescription painkillers and the synthetic opioid fentanyl.

The settlement doesn't give the Sackler family protection from criminal lawsuits

Some advocates for people who use drugs are angry at the time and money spent on this case rather than on addiction and overdose prevention. Drug overdose deaths rose to a record high of more than 100,000 people last year.

 

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Others are angry that Sackler family members are not being forced to give up more of their wealth. Court filings show the family took in $10 billion in profits from OxyContin and could recoup much of what they lose in this settlement.

While the Sacklers have never faced criminal charges — and have denied any wrongdoing – their alleged role pushing opioid sales have brought a growing public backlash.

Museums, universities and other institutions around the world have stripped the Sackler name from buildings and programs.

The Sackler-Purdue bankruptcy deal is one of several settlements that are expected to provide state and local governments with funds to help reduce overdoses and deaths.

They fall far short of the more than $1 trillion the opioid crisis costs the U.S. every year, according to the Centers for Disease and Control.

 

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While this deal would block civil lawsuits against the Sacklers and much of their remaining financial empire, it would not prevent the government from pursuing criminal charges against members of the family if the government decided to do that.

Purdue Pharma has pleaded guilty to federal criminal charges twice, in 2007 and in 2020, based on deceptive marketing that downplayed the risk of becoming addicted to OxyContin. Sackler family members maintain they were unaware of wrongdoing by executives at the company.

[spin_dry]

Wisconsin gets $400 million of the settlement money over the course of several years. I spent time on the settlement committee before retiring. The money will target a narrow band. All the money has to go for opioid related expenditures. Sort of strange because meth is eclipsing fentanyl use currently. 

[Ez ryder]

9 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

CVS, Walgreens and Walmart ordered to pay $650 million for fueling opioid crisis

 

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/17/1118009646/cvs-walgreens-and-walmart-ordered-to-pay-650-million-for-fueling-opioid-crisis

 

What a fucking load of shit . Not 1 of those places can distribute narcotics with out a prescription 

Fucking lawyers 

[$poorsledder$]

4 hours ago, Ez ryder said:

What a fucking load of shit . Not 1 of those places can distribute narcotics with out a prescription 

Fucking lawyers 

Next they’ll go after the company that manufactures the plastic bottle that the pills are put in. 

[Angry ginger]

17 hours ago, 01mxz800 said:

meanwhile the doctors who wrote the prescriptions and the pharmaceutical co.'s skate

coworkers doc went down over it.  pretty decent prison sentence if i remember correctly.   

[racer254]

So, does this money help pay for things like this?

https://www.fox6now.com/news/uw-milwaukee-narcan-boxes-campuses

[spin_dry]

11 hours ago, Ez ryder said:

What a fucking load of shit . Not 1 of those places can distribute narcotics with out a prescription 

Fucking lawyers 

Pharmacies aren’t legally obligated to fill a prescription. A lot of pharmacies opted out of filling prescriptions for known pill doctors or pill mills. So yes, they are liable. Just like many doctors and pain clinics. 

[spin_dry]

3 minutes ago, racer254 said:

So, does this money help pay for things like this?

https://www.fox6now.com/news/uw-milwaukee-narcan-boxes-campuses

Of course. It should. 

[racer254]

Just now, spin_dry said:

Of course. It should. 

So, being the devil's advocate, who's liable if this is administered to an overdose victim and they still die?  The university?  Who monitors these boxes to make sure they are filled, another employee of the campus? 

[spin_dry]

2 minutes ago, racer254 said:

So, being the devil's advocate, who's liable if this is administered to an overdose victim and they still die?  The university?  Who monitors these boxes to make sure they are filled, another employee of the campus? 

Liabilities vary by state. Wisconsin has removed all liability. I would imagine the machines are stocked by the university or possibly a person in a position that’s partially paid for under the grant such as the municipal prevention specialist. 

[racer254]

Just now, spin_dry said:

Liabilities vary by state. Wisconsin has removed all liability. I would imagine the machines are stocked by the university or possibly a person in a position that’s partially paid for under the grant such as the municipal prevention specialist. 

So this is a newly created, partially taxpayer funded, position?  Create more public funded jobs. 

[spin_dry]

33 minutes ago, racer254 said:

So this is a newly created, partially taxpayer funded, position?  Create more public funded jobs. 

Most counties already have a prevention specialist through their DHS or funded at a private clinic. 

[Ez ryder]

2 hours ago, spin_dry said:

Pharmacies aren’t legally obligated to fill a prescription. A lot of pharmacies opted out of filling prescriptions for known pill doctors or pill mills. So yes, they are liable. Just like many doctors and pain clinics. 

Fuck that  bull shit a customer comes in with a script they ca to find out if legit that should be there only obligation.  Only reason. They are on the hook is the deeper pockets than individual doctors who over prescribed.  Zero question 

[spin_dry]

54 minutes ago, Ez ryder said:

Fuck that  bull shit a customer comes in with a script they ca to find out if legit that should be there only obligation.  Only reason. They are on the hook is the deeper pockets than individual doctors who over prescribed.  Zero question 

Ah, no. Pharmacists can and do refuse to refill scrips. There’s a number of reasons a pharmacist will refuse to fill a prescription. Personal and religious grounds are two. Danger to the patient is another. There are more. 

[Jimmy Snacks]

4 hours ago, spin_dry said:

Pharmacies aren’t legally obligated to fill a prescription. A lot of pharmacies opted out of filling prescriptions for known pill doctors or pill mills. So yes, they are liable. Just like many doctors and pain clinics. 

There is no way they didn’t notice the massive amount of Opiates that were going out the door….

MANN: Yeah, that's right. These companies have always maintained they were just filling legal prescriptions written by licensed doctors. But they were accused of recklessly dispensing really extraordinary amounts of pills, more than made any medical sense. Over one five-year period, pharmacies dispensed more than 140 million pain pills in just these two Ohio counties

 

[Rigid1]

2 hours ago, spin_dry said:

Ah, no. Pharmacists can and do refuse to refill scrips. There’s a number of reasons a pharmacist will refuse to fill a prescription. Personal and religious grounds are two. Danger to the patient is another. There are more. 

Sister is a pharmacist and she's told me stories about refusing to fill scripts, the addict tends to get really pissed off..

[spin_dry]

1 minute ago, Rigid1 said:

Sister is a pharmacist and she's told me stories about refusing to fill scripts, the addict tends to get really pissed off..

I don't think people understand the job of a pharmacist. Most think they're just dummy filling pill bottles. It's very demanding. They not only have to be aware of cross reactivity to various drugs, they have to keep up on all the new drugs coming to market. Also understand human and to some extent animal physiology. While computer apps do make their job easier, they have a lot of responsibility. It's not only patients that get pissed, so do the prescribing physician. Pharmacists can and do report doctors for overprescribing. 

[steve from amherst]

1 hour ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

There is no way they didn’t notice the massive amount of Opiates that were going out the door….

MANN: Yeah, that's right. These companies have always maintained they were just filling legal prescriptions written by licensed doctors. But they were accused of recklessly dispensing really extraordinary amounts of pills, more than made any medical sense. Over one five-year period, pharmacies dispensed more than 140 million pain pills in just these two Ohio counties

 

There was one pharmacy in FLA that filled more opiod scripts then every other pharmacy in the state combined.

[Rigid1]

2 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

I don't think people understand the job of a pharmacist. Most think they're just dummy filling pill bottles. It's very demanding. They not only have to be aware of cross reactivity to various drugs, they have to keep up on all the new drugs coming to market. Also understand human and to some extent animal physiology. While computer apps do make their job easier, they have a lot of responsibility. It's not only patients that get pissed, so do the prescribing physician. Pharmacists can and do report doctors for overprescribing. 

My sister has also told me about contacting a physician and questioning them on cross reactivity, amounts, and just straight up wrong scripts..They also usually get pissed..

[steve from amherst]

4 minutes ago, spin_dry said:

I don't think people understand the job of a pharmacist. Most think they're just dummy filling pill bottles. It's very demanding. They not only have to be aware of cross reactivity to various drugs, they have to keep up on all the new drugs coming to market. Also understand human and to some extent animal physiology. While computer apps do make their job easier, they have a lot of responsibility. It's not only patients that get pissed, so do the prescribing physician. Pharmacists can and do report doctors for overprescribing. 

Bud of mine has an adult special needs son. He got covid. They gave him covid pill. It cause an interaction with other meds he was on and gave him a seizure. Poor dude ended up in the hospital.

[Ez ryder]

4 hours ago, Jimmy Snacks said:

There is no way they didn’t notice the massive amount of Opiates that were going out the door….

MANN: Yeah, that's right. These companies have always maintained they were just filling legal prescriptions written by licensed doctors. But they were accused of recklessly dispensing really extraordinary amounts of pills, more than made any medical sense. Over one five-year period, pharmacies dispensed more than 140 million pain pills in just these two Ohio counties

 

Again so it is the pharmacy fault lmfao . Yes the pharmacy not the doctors who prescribed it or the junky buying it for a fix . No ko never the poor poor junkies fault .