The Judge Singlehandedly Trying to Solve the Opioid Crisis
- Daniel Polster convenes talks with drugmakers, politicians
- ‘Problem is urgent, life-threatening,’ judge says in interview
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A Cleveland judge says the U.S. government has punted on the nationwide opioid epidemic. So he’s grabbing the ball and running with it.
U.S. District Judge Daniel Polster has summoned pharma executives, law enforcement, government officials and lawyers to his court on Wednesday as he tries to forge a deal that would address the crisis and resolve more than 200 lawsuits stemming from it.