News Walgreens prescriptions added to San Francisco's opioid epidemic - judge

[thegreenhand]

Walgreens prescriptions added to San Francisco's opioid epidemic - judge​

Dietrich Knauth
Reuters
10 Aug 2022

Excerpt:

Aug 10 (Reuters) - Walgreens Boots Alliance (WBA.O) contributed to the opioid epidemic in San Francisco through its sale of prescription drugs in the city, a federal judge concluded on Wednesday.

U.S. District Judge Charles Breyer in San Francisco said that Walgreens failed to properly investigate suspicious opioid orders for nearly 15 years. The amount the pharmacy chain must pay will be determined in a later trial.

Walgreens' pharmacists filled hundreds of thousands of suspicious opioid prescriptions from 2006 to 2020 with pharmacists not given time, staffing or resources to properly investigate red flags, Breyer wrote.

San Francisco in 2018 sued Walgreens, as well as several drug manufacturers and distributors, over the opioid epidemic in the city, saying they created a "public nuisance" by flooding the city with prescription opioids and failing to prevent the drugs from being diverted for illegal use.

 

[S.J.B.]

I want my pharmacy to give me my prescription, not to be constantly evaluating whether I deserve my prescription or not. These lawsuits are corrosive.

 

[G_Chem]

I want my pharmacy to give me my prescription, not to be constantly evaluating whether I deserve my prescription or not. These lawsuits are corrosive.

Agreed. Pharmacists already played god before, this is gonna ramp it up to a new level.

-GC

 

[Fiori di Bella]

I stopped getting my Oxycodone script filled at CVS because they said they’re no longer filling opiate scripts that are written for any period of time greater than a week.
I felt like they were suspicious of ANY opiate scripts.

 

[S.J.B.]

I stopped getting my Oxycodone script filled at CVS because they said they’re no longer filling opiate scripts that are written for any period of time greater than a week.
I felt like they were suspicious of ANY opiate scripts.

Exactly what these litigious do-gooders wanted, for pharmacies to treat all pain patients as potential criminals. Way to go guys!