New Jersey Joins States Suing Purdue Pharma for Opioid Marketing
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With more and more states going after pharmaceutical companies over the opioid crisis, New Jersey is getting in on the action.
State Attorney General Christopher S. Porrino filed a lawsuit Tuesday against Purdue Pharma Inc., maker of the widely known opioid OxyContin. The suit accuses the company of helping foster substance abuse through a "dangerously false" marketing campaign about the risks and benefits of the drugs.