Drugmakers such as Purdue Pharma LP and Johnson & Johnson that sell opioid painkillers face hundreds of lawsuits filed by states, cities, counties, Native American tribes and labor unions. (Photo: Shutterstock)
President Donald Trump said Thursday he wants the U.S. government to sue pharmaceutical companies that manufacture opioids as part of his efforts to halt an epidemic of drug addiction.
Trump said he'd like to bring a federal lawsuit, rather than just join existing litigation against the drugmakers.
“Some states have done it,” Trump said during a Cabinet meeting at the White House. “But I'd like a lawsuit to be brought against these companies that are really sending opioids at a level — it shouldn't be happening. So highly addictive. People go into a hospital with a broken arm, they come out, they're a drug addict.”
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