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Opioid Crisis

An Orange County Superior Court judge allowed Los Angeles County to join other California jurisdictions in a lawsuit that accuses opioid manufacturers of downplaying the addictive nature of the drugs to increase the number and length of opioid prescriptions, to boost sales. 

LOS ANGELES — An Orange County Superior Court judge allowed Los Angeles County to join other California jurisdictions in a lawsuit that accuses opioid manufacturers of downplaying the addictive nature of the drugs to increase the number and length of opioid prescriptions, to boost sales.

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