Summary: Multnomah County has announced that it is sueing multiple pharmaceutical companies, accusing them of pushing doctors to overprescribe opioids. The lawsuit is modeled after the lawsuits against the tobacco industry for deceiving the public about the dangers of smoking. We talk to Richard Daynard who was instrumental in many of those tobacco lawsuits, and to Christine Gregoire, who was Attorney General in Washington state when they sued tobacco companies.
