City Attorney David Chiu claims that by going after manufacturers, distributors and pharmacies — an entire supply chain — this case is the first of its kind to go to trial.
There are roughly 163 million prescription opiates in San Francisco per year, or 22 pills each for every man, woman and child; about 25 percent of all emergency room visits to San Francisco General are opioid-related. A civil case against entities accused of fueling the opioid epidemic in San Francisco kicks off on Monday before Justice Charles R. Breyer in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California.
“Walgreens, Allergan, Teva, Anda and Endo a widespread public nuisance and public emergency,” said Chiu in a press conference on Wednesday. “They need to be held accountable.” Many of the overdose deaths in recent years are due to fentanyl, which is often laced in illegal street drugs. More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose, according to a UC San Francisco study that exposed the effects of fentanyl on the community.
Asked about fentanyl’s impact on San Francisco, Chiu responded that the companies in the city’s lawsuit played a “devastating role in the opiate crisis” by “flooding our marketplace” and creating the addiction that has led some people to seek out illegal drugs.
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