County in Colorado suing pharmaceutical companies in response to opiod crisis

Huerfano County is suing the nation’s top pharmaceutical companies claiming that people are being falsely influenced to take highly-addictive opioids for pain management.

There is currently a class-action lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Denver against pharmaceutical companies such as McKesson Corp., Johnson & Johnson, and Purdue Pharma.

Huerfano County is seeking at least $750,000 in economic damages and $1.5 million in future damages.
The lawsuit was filed on Sunday, according to the Denver Post.

The County is asking for a court order that would state that the pharmaceutical companies violated the federal False Advertising Law.

For more on this story, visit the Denver Post’s website.

See the full lawsuit complaint HERE.