More than a dozen drug manufacturers and distributors will now be taken to court by two Michigan counties for misleading marketing and sale of opioids.
The lawsuit alleges the manufacturers are using a concentrated and coordinated strategy to change the way doctors and patients think about pain, and to encourage a widespread prescription use of opioids.
There were 817 opioid-related deaths in Wayne County in 2016, up from the 506 in 2015.
Oakland County reported a rise to 33 deaths in 2015.
Last week, Newark, New Jersey also announced it has filed lawsuits against several manufacturers.
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