Attorney General Paxton sues maker of OxyContin under Deceptive Trade Act

[TexasTowelie]

AUSTIN – Saying a leading drug-maker is "fueling the nation's opioid epidemic," Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton on Tuesday filed suit against the maker the maker of OxyContin and other pain medicines for what he said are misleading marketing tactics.

The lawsuit, filed in Travis County, accuses Purdue Pharma of violating the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act by aggressively selling its products "when it know their drugs were potentially dangerous."

As Purdue got rich from sales of its opioids, Texans and others across the nation were swept up in a public health crisis that led to tens of thousands of deaths each year to due opioid overdoses," Paxton said at a news conference.

Five other states have filed similar lawsuits against the Connecticut drugmaker, Paxton said.

Read more: https://www.gosanangelo.com/story/news/local/texas/state-bureau/2018/05/15/purdue-pharma-sued-texas-attorney-general-ken-paxton/611321002/

[Raster]

1. About freakin' time!

Purdue Pharma is the nexus of today's opioid crisis, deliberately obfuscating data that showed just how addictive their products were, all for profit.

[sinkingfeeling]

2. May be the only thing I'd ever agree with him on.