CENTRAL TEXAS — McLennan County announced Tuesday it had filed a lawsuit against two dozen of the country’s largest opioid manufacturers and distributors, including Purdue Pharma and Johnson & Johnson.
In the federal complaint obtained by Channel 6, McLennan County Commissioners allege the opioid industry used a marketing scheme to deceive doctors and used front groups to promote opioids as a means of treating chronic pain, while downplaying the risks.
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