Wisconsin 1 Of 45 States Suing OxyContin Maker

Wisconsin is one of 45 states suing Connecticut-based Purdue Pharma, trying to hold the company which makes OxyContin responsible for the opioid addiction crisis.  Opioids were connected to almost 48-thousand deaths in 2017.  That’s more than AIDS killed at the peak of that epidemic and opioid drugs are the leading cause of accidental deaths in the U-S.  Purdue says the suit is based on “stunningly overbroad legal theories.”  The company is being accused of downplaying the addiction dangers of opioids.