Opioid crisis: Drug giants AmerisourceBergen, Cardinal, McKesson on trial in West Virginia
May 3 (UPI) -- A federal court trial begins Monday into accusations that three of the largest drug distributors in the United States created an opioid epidemic in two municipalities in West Virginia.
McKesson, Cardinal Health and AmerisourceBergen face charges that they illegally supplied residents of Cabell County and Huntington, W.Va., with millions of opioid painkillers. The county has been called "ground zero" for the U.S. opioid epidemic.
Officials in Cabell County and the city of Huntington are seeking $2.6 billion to help deal with opioid addiction and overdoses in their communities. Officials say close to 100 million opioids have been prescribed in Cabell County, which has a population of about 90,000.
The trial is being held in a Charleston courtroom with District Judge David Faber on the bench.
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