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    41 States To Investigate Pharmaceutical Companies Over Opioids

    The states' attorneys general are banding together to investigate the makers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers that have led to a spike in opiate addictions and overdose deaths.
    by Yuki Noguchi Sep 19, 2017 2 minutes
    Oxycodone pain pills prescribed for a patient with chronic pain on display in Norwich, Conn.

    The attorneys general of 41 U.S. states said Tuesday they're banding together to investigate the makers and distributors of powerful opioid painkillers that have, over the last decade, led to a spike in opiate addictions and overdose deaths.

    The coalition from opioid manufacturers Endo International, Janssen

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