More District Attorneys General Join Opioid Lawsuit

District Attorney General Lisa Zavogiannis is among five Tennessee District Attorneys General that have filed suit against opioid producers.
District Attorneys General from the 13th, 16th, 17th, 22nd and 31st Judicial Districts filed suit in Cumberland County claiming that Purdue Pharma L.P. and its related companies knowingly participated in the illegal opioid market by directing the drugs to 19 Tennessee counties. It also claims they misrepresented the nature of the opioids and overprescribed them.
The lawsuit alleges that the drug producers embarked on a fraudulent campaign to convince physicians that opioids carried a low risk of addiction and were therefore appropriate for non-acute problems such as chronic pain.