Drug manufacturers that have profited for years from the risingdemand for prescriptions painkillers in the U.S. are coming undergreater scrutiny than ever as a bipartisan group of states beginprobing the industry’s role in a devastating opioids epidemic.

Massachusetts Attorney General Maura Healey, who is helping tolead the effort, said on Thursday that the coalition is issuingsubpoenas for documents and testimony, but she didn’t name any ofthe companies being looked into. Her counterparts in New York,Connecticut and Vermont are also part of the group.

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