West Virginia Attorney General JB McCuskey announced Monday the state is following the lead of several other states in suing pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts for its role in exacerbating the ongoing drug and overdose epidemic.

McCuskey said Express Scripts, now known as Evernorth Health, ignored widely known information showing the danger of opioid abuse in order to “prioritize profits over compliance and public safety.” Legal Affairs

Huntington, Cabell County argue opioid appeal before WV Supreme Court

By Destiney Dingess ddingess@hdmediallc.com

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In doing so, according to the lawsuit , Express Scripts “violated its legal duties under West Virginia law, contributing directly to the oversupply of opioids and the deepening of opioid use disorder across the s

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