{"id":84712,"date":"2017-09-20T01:30:59","date_gmt":"2017-09-20T05:30:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84712"},"modified":"2017-09-19T21:17:38","modified_gmt":"2017-09-20T01:17:38","slug":"schneiderman-bipartisan-coalition-of-ags-expand-multistate-investigation-into-opioid-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madisoncountycourier.com\/?p=84712","title":{"rendered":"Schneiderman, bipartisan coalition of AGs expand multistate investigation into opioid crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Attorneys General Demand Information And Documents From Major Opioid Manufacturers And Distributors<\/em>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

Investigation Is Latest Step In A.G. Schneiderman\u2019s Multi-Levered Approach To Address The Opioid Epidemic<\/em><\/p>\n

Attorney General Eric T. Schneiderman today announced that a bipartisan coalition of 41 attorneys general from across the country has demanded information and documents from the manufacturers and distributors of prescription opioid drugs, part of a multistate investigation into whether the companies engaged in any unlawful practices in the marketing and distribution of prescription opioids.<\/p>\n

The investigative subpoenas\u00a0and document requests, which were served yesterday, mark a major expansion of the investigations by the Attorneys General into the nationwide opioid epidemic. A large, bipartisan coalition of states’ chief legal officers are now pooling resources to address the most pressing public health crisis affecting the country, and doing so with a broad focus on multiple entities at both the manufacturer and distributor levels.<\/p>\n

\u201cToo often, prescription opioids are the on-ramp to addiction for millions of Americans,\u201d said\u00a0Schneiderman. \u201cWe\u2019re committed to getting to the bottom of a broken system that has fueled the epidemic and taken far too many lives. New Yorkers whose families have been torn apart by the opioid crisis deserve to know if the industry put its bottom line ahead of patient safety. My office is committed to using every tool at our disposal to curb the epidemic and get those affected by it the help they need and the justice they deserve.\u201d<\/p>\n

The attorneys general served subpoenas on the following pharmaceutical manufacturers and their related entities:<\/p>\n